Across Main Street from the Wilson-Warner House is the former First National Bank of Odessa, one of the few remaining historic commercial buildings in Odessa. Designed by well-known Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloane, the Italianate style structure was built in 1853 and operated as a bank until 2000, lastly as PNC.
As recently as 1945, the bank's cashier slept upstairs above the bank vault with a shotgun at the ready that he could point through a hole in the floor!
Today the Bank serves as the Foundation’s Visitor’s Center, exhibit area, archives and administrative offices.
The building is also available to host weddings, corporate and social events and fundraisers and is fully accessible to the general public.
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