The former Mercantile Savings Bank at 10th and G Streets, NW, August 2010
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Credit: William Glicher, Goethe-Institute, Washington. https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/sup/deu/was/mer.html
This file appears in: Mercantile Savings Bank: The bank offered services to small businesses and personal bankers.
Mercantile Savings Bank: The bank offered services to small businesses and personal bankers.
With national banks popping up across the city following passage of the National Banking Act of 1863, these institutions helped establish a commercial banking system. However, local residents and…