NRHP: Fontenelle Bank
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Fontenelle Bank (Bellevue Town Hall; Sarpy Co. Crthse.)
NRHP Reference #: 69000136
NRHP Listing Date: 19690416
Location
2212 Main, Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska
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Summary
Built in 1856, the structure originally served as the Fontenelle Bank, a "wildcat" bank that failed in the Panic of 1857. It was the Sarpy County Courthouse in the 1860s and 1870s and then was Bellevue's town hall until 1959. The two-story brick bank is an excellent example of transitional Greek Revival Italianate styling.
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