Banking Museum - Vincennes, IN
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YoSam.
N 38° 40.842 W 087° 31.872
16S E 453796 N 4281478
After being a bank this building was apartments, a general store,
Waymark Code: WMN4VY
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2014
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County of site: Knox County
Location of site: 114 N. Second St., Vincennes
Phone: (812) 882-7422
Toll Free: (800) 886-6443
"The Old State Bank helped transform Indiana from a fur-trade to agricultural economy. On Feb. 13, 1834, the Indiana General Assembly chartered the Second State Bank of Indiana, with headquarters in Indianapolis and 12 branches across the state. In addition to Vincennes, the other branches were in Indianapolis, Lawrenceburg, Richmond, New Albany, Madison, Evansville, Bedford, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Fort Wayne and South Bend.
"In Vincennes, the bank began business immediately in a rented building located on First Street between Main and Vigo Streets. The State Bank moved into this building upon its completion in November 1838. The bank is in the Greek Revival style, made to look like the front of a Greek temple. The main room of the bank features six fluted columns, more than 30 feet tall, supporting a bell-shaped cupola and a hand-riveted steel vault." ~ Vincennes State Historic sites