AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK

AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK
1871
SHIPMAN
THIS ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE STRUCTURE, A
DISTINGUISHED EXAMPLE OF ITS TYPE, WAS DESIGNED BY MADISON
ARCHITECT STEPHEN VAUGHN SHIPMAN BUILT OF MADISON SAND
STONE AS THE PARK SAVINGS BANK, THE STRUCTURE OCCUPIES
THE FORMER SITE OF THE AMERICAN HOUSE WHERE THE FIRST
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS HELD THE AMERICAN
EXCHANGE BANK, WHICH MOVED TO THE BUILDING IN 1922, HAS
BEEN A MADISON INSTITUTION SINCE 1871.
DESIGNATED SEPTEMBER 8, 1975
MADISON LANDMARKS COMMISSION