Once Upon a House

December 1855

The "City Bank" moved into Lappin's block on its completion.

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The evidence

  • “This bank opened for business on Main street, a few doors south of the present location of the Bower City bank. While Lappin's block was being built, the "City Bank" occupied quarters on the north side of East Milwaukee street, at the east end of the bridge, and moved across the street into Lappin's block on the completion of that building in December, 1855. H.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/22-janesville-banking.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 520 / book p. 482

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 520 / book p. 482)
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