Merchants’ Building, Merchants’ Bank
Life Span: 1873-1928
Location: LaSalle NW. cor. Washington, 120 N. LaSalle
Architect: L. D. Cleveland
- Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1874
Merchants’ Bldg.—LaSalle NW. cor. Washington
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1880
Merchants’ Bldg., C. B. Blair, pres; John DeKoven, cash; 80 and 82 LaSalle
Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1904
Merchants’ National Bank Bldg.—78 to 82 LaSalle.
Chicago Weekly Post, October 10, 1872
THE MERCHANTS’ BUILDING.
One of the handsomest buildings in the city will be the Merchants’, corner of La Salle and Washington streets. It is well under way, and is erected by an association of capitalists, who intend to make it among the most convenient bank and office buildings in the rebuilt district. It is a massive, fire-proof, sandstone structure, and will cost in the neighborhood of $200,000. will be worthy of the prominent position which it occupies.
State Savings Institution building, later known as the Merchants’ National Bank building, at 124-26 N. LaSalle street, was four stories and one basement high, with a frontage of 45 feet and a depth of 98 feet. L. D. Cleveland was the architect.
The Merchants National Bank Of Chicago in Illinois printed $1,222,350 dollars worth of national currency. Over $1,000,000 face value is a lot of money. However, some types and denominations of currency from this bank could still be rare. This national bank opened in 1864 and stopped printing money in 1902, which equals a 39 year printing period. That is a fairly normal lifespan for a national bank. During its life, The Merchants National Bank Of Chicago issued 10 different types and denominations of national currency.
Here is a list of the denominations and quantity printed:
- 14,750 sheets of $5 original series national bank notes
4,250 sheets of $10 original series national bank notes
3,700 sheets of $20 original series national bank notes
3,700 sheets of $50 original series national bank notes
3,820 sheets of $5 series of 1875 national bank notes
3,125 sheets of $10 series of 1875 national bank notes
900 sheets of $20 series of 1875 national bank notes
900 sheets of $50 series of 1875 national bank notes
333 sheets of $50 1882 brown back national bank notes
333 sheets of $100 1882 brown back national bank notes
- $5.00 original series bank note printed by Chicago’s Merchants’ Bank.
- National Currency Counterfeit Detector Plate for the Merchants National Bank of Chicago $10 notes. This comes as 2 plates.
- Merchants’ Building
Robinson Fire Map
1886
- Merchants’ Building
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
1906
- Merchants’ Building
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
1928
I have an old merchants bank of Chicago metal bank. It’ looks like a silver barrel. On top it says “it pays to save everyday” and Federal deposit insurance corporation. On the bottom is printed Merchants national Bank ln Chicago with the bank pictured..My mother was born in Chicago in 1919 . Any idea how old this is?