| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1855/00/00 | Construction begins on a new bank with the setting of a walk-in vault from Pennsylvania on a 3 foot thick brick slab. Three feet of brick, manufactured in Florence, is laid on each side and the top. The two-story bank will be finished by the end of 1855. | |||||
| 1856/01/18 | James Monroe Parker | Home, Work | James Monroe Parker and his wife, Julia Z Parker, settle in Florence to manage the newly built Bank of Florence. They live on the second floor of the brick building. The bank received its charter on 18 January 1856. | |||
| 1857/00/00 | Since Nebraska was not a state, the Bank of Florence issues its own money in denominations of $1, $2, $3 and $5. Know as "wildcat currency", the bank struggled during the Financial Panic of 1857. | Panic of 1857 | ||||
| 1860/00/00 | Owners of the Bank of Florence close the institution sometime between 1858 and 1860 and returned to Iowa. | |||||
| 1947/00/00 | Frank T Parker, grandson of James Monroe Parker, auctions off the remains of his father's art collection, curios, Indian relics and the first safe from the Bank of Florence, an '80-ton whale'. |
| Particulars for Bank of Florence: | |
|---|---|
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Historic Use | Financial Institution |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
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