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Solvent Savings Bank
386 Beale, Memphis,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 8' 21.592176",
-90° 2' 53.478852"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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The Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company founded by Robert
Church, Sr., first Negro bank established in Memphis, opened at this site,
392 Beale Street, in 1906. It survived the money panic of 1907 and became the
fourth largest black bank in the nation. Robert Church, Jr. succeeded his father
as president in 1912. W.C. Handy's music studio was located on the second floor
in 1907.
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Solvent Savings Bank Historical Marker Location Map, Memphis, Tennessee Map
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