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The Bank on the Corner of Jefferson and Shirley

1. VIEW OF CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK LOOKING EAST. LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON AND SHIRLEY STREETS - Town of Mount Union
1. VIEW OF CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK LOOKING EAST. LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON AND SHIRLEY STREETS - Town of Mount UnionLibrary of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record. No known copyright restrictions. pa2822.photos.038885p

The county's own history book, published for the sesquicentennial in 1937, lists the banks then operating in Huntingdon County. Two of them were here: the Central National Bank of Mount Union and the First National Bank of Mount Union.

The book makes a point of something that would not have felt small at the time. Every one of the county's banks stayed open and solvent straight through the years from 1929 to 1937, and all of them were on solid ground when it was written.

Sources

  1. Sesqui 1937, Banks and Banking and Business
  2. LOC caption pa2822.photos.038885p

Checked 2026-08-31 · Historic Mount Union collection

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