This is a newspaper clipping from 1866. Henry Hewitt was the Bank's President at the time, and the Bank had made the name change to the National Bank of Neenah. At this point, the Bank's capital was at $75,000 with a surplus of $15,000. Most newspapers from the time had a summary of each bank's status.
On January 14, 1883 the building was destroyed by a fire. The fire destroyed most of the buildings on the Pettibone block. The fire didn't stop the Bank's business. The next day they were open for business located in the Kimberly-Clark Company's office. Aside from the building damages, the bank also lost $2,500 from the fire.
The Bank kept all of their records of transactions by writing them all down by hand into a ledger book. This way they could keep track of people's money and could look back at previous transactions. These were all lost in the fire. New books were started after the fire.
This is a stone from the front of the Bank when the new building was remodeled in 1919. The Bank was called the First National Bank of Neenah; therefore, the symbol was the initials FNB.
Works Cited:
Newspaper pictures and clippings from the Neenah Public Library
Record Book and Stone picture taken by Nicole Miller inside the Associated Bank
Information courtesy of Ms. Jane Lang and the Neenah Historical Society
Newspaper pictures and clippings from the Neenah Public Library
Record Book and Stone picture taken by Nicole Miller inside the Associated Bank
Information courtesy of Ms. Jane Lang and the Neenah Historical Society