{"nrhp_refnum":"05000449","name":"First National Bank in Fleetwood","other_names":["First National Bank of Fleetwood","Kutz Brothers Store and Hosiery Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main and Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fleetwood","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.45560419200007,"lon":-75.81794645099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick bank building at the southeast corner of Main and Franklin Streets, the main intersection of Fleetwood in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1898 as a store and hosiery factory and remodeled into a bank between 1919 and 1921.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as the home of a local banking institution that was central to Fleetwood's 20th-century growth, and as a locally significant example of early 20th-century commercial architecture. Its 1919-1921 stone front, with heavy arches and Ionic pilasters, gives it a Renaissance Revival character not found elsewhere in Fleetwood. The bank's survival through the 1933 Bank Holiday and reorganization is also presented as part of its importance.","narrative":"Built in 1898 as a store with a hosiery factory on its upper floors, the three-story brick building at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets in Fleetwood was bought by the First National Bank in 1919 and remodeled into a bank by 1921. The remodeling replaced the original wooden porch and storefront with a monumental stone front on the first floor, with large keystoned arches, Ionic pilasters, and a projecting entrance set at 45 degrees to the intersection. The bank was founded in 1907 by Daniel F. Kelchner, the first president, and it was the first bank in Fleetwood. During the Great Depression, the bank did not open on March 6, 1933, under the national bank holiday. It reopened in January 1934 as First National Bank in Fleetwood after a reorganization. The building also served as the borough post office until 1959 and as a civic center housing community rooms for local groups. The bank rehabilitated the building in 1999.","period_of_significance":"1919-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Renaissance Revival (arguably, as a result of a vernacular remodeling)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1999; the bank continues to occupy the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.093401-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/05000449.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000449/b85da06e0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000449/b85da06e0a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"PattiParker","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_National_Bank_Fleetwood.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">PattiParker</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_National_Bank_Fleetwood.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995590","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Bank_in_Fleetwood","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453397"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/first-national-bank-in-fleetwood-05000449/"}