Odessa Bank | Historic Odessa Foundation

Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan designed the First National Bank of Odessa, c. 1855. This stately structure serves as Historic Odessa's Visitors Center. The offices for the Historic Odessa Foundation are located on the second floor. The first floor is available for weddings, privates parties and special events. For more information, please call or email Jennifer Cabell (302) 378-4119.

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The Historic Houses

From the Collection

Teapot

On loan to the Historic Odessa Foundation

1784-1785

Pineapple Gate Post Caps

Colonial Revival style garden pineapple gate ornament at the entry of the Corbit-Sharp House. The pineapple is historically the symbol of hospitality. It became a highly popular finial design in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.