Coin banks, made mostly by the company Banthrico, could be categorized into architectural styles. The
following list of building replica still banks are considered mid-century
modern - a style that emphasized large and ample windows, open
floor plans, and flat planes with changes in elevation. This style emerged about 1945 and continued to the 1960s.
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| Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (not Banthrico) |
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Colorado Federal Savings Bank ( more info here )
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Norwood Savings and Loan Association in Ohio
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Northwest Federal Bank
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Newport Balboa Savings and Load Association
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Thunderbird Bank
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Central Bank of Tampa
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| Midland Savings and Loan Association |
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Joplin Bank
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Mid Kansas Federal Savings Bank
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United Savings and Loan
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Lawn Savings Bank
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First State Bank
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Citizens National Bank in Chicago
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East Alton Savings & Loan
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| First Federal Savings & Loan in Greenville, South Carolina |
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Salem Federal Savings & Loan in Oregon
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Southwestern Savings & Loan
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The First Liberty National Bank
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The Great Northern Building and Loan
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St. Paul Federal Savings Bank
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Wilmington Mutual Savings & Loan
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State Bank of Clearing
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Ford City Bank
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Clyde Savings Bank
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Brookfield Federal Savings Bank of Connecticut
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| International Building Credit Union Center in Madison Wisconsin |
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National Bank of Albany Park
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First National Bank in Wamego, Kansas
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| Leon Federal Savings & Loan Association (made by Rehberger) |
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Chemung Canal Savings Bank
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Dade Federal Savings Bank
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1 comment:
Excellent overview. Quite helpful in focusing my collecting on some of the best examples of mid century modern banks.
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