Mechanics Savings Bank

Mechanics Savings Bank building in the 1970s after it had become home for the Southern Aid and Insurance Company
Photograph of Mechanics Savings Bank president John Mitchell Jr. published in the Richmond Planet
Mechanics Savings Bank Board of Directors printed in 1902. John Mitchell Jr. is fourth from the left in the front row

Mechanics Savings Bank was a bank in Richmond, Virginia, United States, owned by John Mitchell, Jr. Who also owned and edited the Richmond Planet. Mitchell Jr. was African American. In 1905 the bank bought a three-story brick building at No. 310 East Broad Street.[1] The bank's Clay Street and Third building was constructed in 1910.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mechanics Savings Bank Buys More Broad Street Property · Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909". Blackvirginia.richmond.edu. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mechanics Savings Bank". Lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 14 January 2018.


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