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1902 Bank Building

104 Gov. Ogelsby St., Elkhart, IL
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The old bank building was home to Horsefeathers Antiques and the Wild Hare Cafe when we went by in 2015. At the Wild Hare you could even dine in the bank vault.

xThe old Bank building has two dates above the entrance 1902 and 1919. The first date represents when the second owners took over the bank. John Gilbert originally open the bank in Elkhart in the late 1800s. In 1902 in became the Bank of J. F. Prather. Both the Gillet and Prather banks were private businesses. In 1919 a new state law mandated that private banks become State Banks which accounts for the 1919 date when the bank became the State Bank of Elkhart. The bank closed in 1932 during the Great Depression.

Photo(s): 2015

 



 

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