Title

Bank

Creation Date

1876

Description

This is a 16-4/10X 10-8/10cm sepia photograph that is titled "Bank". It is a 1876 photograph of the village of Glenwood bank. Signs on the building read "Bank" and "St. Paul Marine Insurance Company." According to J.G. Whittemore in 1940, it was "Glenwood's First Bank Building. Located on Lot 3 Block 20, owned by Dr. Whittemore and Company in 1876. He purchased it from Mr. Lyttle of St. Paul, who had loaned money in and around Glenwood. In 1882 it was sold to Mr. A. Webster, Mr. Tory Thorson, and Mr. Peter Peterson and operated under the name The Glenwood Bank. They built a new bank on lot 1 of block 21. Later it was organized into the First National Bank, the old one torn down and a new one built, which was later owned by George Koplos. Pictured from L-R: Peter Peterson, Mr. Otis, Mr. Durkee, and Mr. Emerson." Lot 3 of block 20 is the middle of the north side of East Minnesota Avenue According to Steve Nestor's research and the tax records, the bank was located on lot three of block 24, which would put in on the south side of East Minnesota Avenue. The land was owned by Ole Peterson in 1876. It faces south, so it sits where the Pizza Ranch restaurant is currently located (in 2014), but it faces what is now the alley.

Geographic Notes

USA/Minnesota/Glenwood
Glenwood, Minnesota

Geographic Names

Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, United States, NA [45.65024,-95.38976] [id:5028087]