National City Bank Photograph Collection, 1863-1960

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: National City Bank

Title: Photograph Collection, 1863-1960

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.

Size of Collection: 71 prints

Location Number: 013PC56

Scope and Content Note

The collection is compiled of 71 photomechanical prints of past bank presidents and board members that represent the Louisville banking community over the decades. The prints were created off of copy prints by John T. Berry for display at the bank.

Historical Note 

National City Bank has had several names over the decades, originally called the First National Bank of Louisville established in 1863, the main branch located at 224 S. Fifth Street. The First National Bank of Louisville took responsibility for the debts of the National Bank of Kentucky in the 1930s and the banks became one, it was renamed First Kentucky by the mid-1930s. In the late 1980s First Kentucky National Corporation of Louisville which included First Kentucky merged with Cleveland based National City Corporation in 1988 and became known as the National City Bank of Kentucky until it was bought out by PNC.

Bank Locations

• In 1925 the First National Bank of Louisville Main branch was located at 224 S. Fifth Street.
• Bardstown branch of First National Bank located at 2223 Bardstown Road.
• Either a second branch location on Bardstown road or a bank move placed a branch on 2118 Bardstown Road in 1934.
• Shelby and Broadway branch located at 734 E. Broadway.
• South Louisville branch located at the corner of South 4th Street and Central Avenue.
• Portland branch located on Portland Avenue.

Photograph List