Restore the First Bank of the United States. #savethefirstbank

Learn about Independence National Historical Park and Independence Historical Trust's efforts to restore and re-open the First Bank of the United States.

The First Bank of the United States building, designed by master builder Samuel Blodget, Jr., was completed in 1797. The First Bank of the United States provided a stunning work of neoclassical architecture to highlight the creation of the establishment of the U.S. banking system, the brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury. An architectural masterpiece, the First Bank wa  ...