Brief Description: |
This historic site in Manito, Illinois.
established in Sepember of 1893 |
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Location: |
In the village of Manito, Illinois |
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Latitude / Longitude |
N 40° 25.552 |
W 089° 46.770 |
EcoCache ID: |
17125001 |
Difficulty: |
1 out of 5 |
Terrain: |
1 out of 5 |
Submitting Group: |
Midwest Cental High School - Teresa Heinhorst | |||
Website: |
www.midwestcentral.org | |||
Date Submitted |
03/24/2011 | |||
Significance |
One of the historic sites of Manito, Illinois. This served the community as the bank for several years until the new bank was built in the 1970's. | |||
Long Description |
The bank was started by Conrad Luppen in 1893.
It started out as a public bank, 1905 it became a state bank. It
was located on the corner of Market
and Broadway then moved 105 S. Adams St. in 1974. In 1961 the Bank
was robbed. Customers, employees, and FDIC officials were tied up.
Three
weeks later, they were robbed again. Peoples State Bank in 2006 merged
with Morton Community Bank and became Manito Community Bank. The
home offices was located in Morton, IL. Today the old location of
the bank,
is now occupied by the Iron Stone Room Restaurant.
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