“The directors of the First National Bank are D. A, Duncan, of Duncan & Brewer, lumbermen; Hon. O. P. Stearns, District Judge; A. D. Thomson, President and J. J. P. Odell, Vice President of the Union National Bank of Chicago; A. L. Ordean, formerly President of the Merchants Union Bank and a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Stone & Ordean; H. A. Ware, formerly cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank of Chicago; T. J. Davis, of Draper & Davis, attorneys; A. M. Miller, A. W. Wright and L. Mendenhall, old residents of Duluth and leading capitalists. The officers are: L. Mendenhall,President; A. M. Miller Vice-president; H. A. Ware, Cashier.

The bank is a United States depositary. It owns and occupies the handsome building shown in the illustration on this page. This imposing structure cost $200,000 and is six stories high with basement. It contains, beside the rooms of the bank, eighty offices, all of which are rented. Two passenger elevators convey people to the upper stories. The building is heated by steam and is fire-proof, with iron beams and rafters, covered with tile and with tile partitions. Its location on the corner of Superior Street and Third Avenue West is in the business heart of the city and it is surrounded by many of the best business blocks. The Board of Trade building, the Chamber of Commerce and the two large hotels are close at hand.”

Reference Data”

Smalley's Magazine, Vols. 7-8, by Eugene Virgil Smiley and Vistor H. Smiley, Aug 1889, page 20