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{{Infobox nrhp
| name         = Anderson Bank Building
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = Anderson, IN - Anderson Bank Building.JPG
| location     = 931 Meridan St., [[Anderson, Indiana]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|40|6|23|N|85|40|47|W|display=inline,title}}
| architect    = [[Kurt Vonnegut Sr.|Kurt Vonnegut]] (Colvin, Leslie, Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller)
| architecture = Art Deco
| added        = March 21, 1985
| area         = less than one acre
| refnum       = 84001078<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Anderson Bank Building''' is a historic [[bank]] building located at [[Anderson, Indiana]] in the United States. It was built for the Anderson Banking Company in 1927. The bank building is located at 931 Meridan Street. The Anderson Banking Company began business on January 30, 1890. It was the only bank in Anderson to survive the Great Depression without closing.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hqaAwAAQBAJ&q=anderson+bank+building+indiana&pg=PA112 | title=Images of America: Anderson | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | author=Humphrey, David | year=2014 | pages=112| isbn=9781439645826 }}</ref><ref name="SHAARD">{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-05-01}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1e8fc/N/Anderson_Bank_Bldg_Madison_CO.pdf | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Anderson Bank Building| accessdate = 2016-05-01| author=John M. Weber| date=June 1981}} and Accompanying photographs.</ref> In 1985, the bank was acquired by Merchants National Corporation of Indianapolis. In 1991 Merchants National Corporation was acquired by [[National City Corp.|National City Bank]]. National City Bank still operates a branch in the Anderson Bank Building.

The art deco details at the exterior street level and in the main banking lobby have been somewhat obliterated due to water damage. The building's main architectural interest lies in the still existent art deco detailing in the building's elevator lobby and upper floors.

==References==
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===Sources===
* Anderson: A Pictorial History by Esther Dittlinger, copyright 1991, pages 160,161.

{{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana}}

[[Category:Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1928]]
[[Category:Art Deco architecture in Indiana]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Anderson, Indiana]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana]]


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