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Tennessee Mid-Century Modern Banks

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former American National Bank and Trust Co.
Chattanooga, TN
This former American National Bank was built in 1953. The building has housed a SunTrust Bank since at least 2007. [map]

former Pioneer Bank
Chattanooga, TN
This former Pioneer Bank was probably built in the late 1950s or 1960s. The building has been housing the Euro Health Spa since around 2011. [map]

former Chattanooga Federal Savings and Loan
Chattanooga, TN
This former Chattanooga Federal Savings and Loan was was probably built in the late 1950s or 1960s. The building has been housing Hitchcock Family Medicine since around 2016. [map]

former First American Bank of Tennessee
Clarksville, TN		 former Commercial and Industrial Bank
Memphis, TN
This former First American Bank of Tennessee housed Golden Iron Works, a motorcycle dealer, when this photo was taken in 2010. It was probably built in the 1960s. In 2014, the building was vacant. By 2016, it was housing a tire store. [map]

This former Commercial and Industrial Bank opened in 1963. It now houses a Bank of America branch. [map]

former Leader Federal Savings and Loan
Memphis, TN		 Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Bank
Memphis, TN
This Leader Federal Savings and Loan branch was built in 1962. It later housed a Regions Bank until 2016. In 2017, plans were announced to convert the building into a hotel. However, the building was still vacant in 2019. [map]

This Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Bank was designed by Robert Lee Browne and built in 1974. The building has housed the Visible Music College since 2011. [map]

Regions Bank
Memphis, TN
This Regions Bank branch was built in 1960. I don't know what bank was here originally. In the early 1970s, the building housed a Leader Federal Savings Bank. [map]

Regions Bank
Nashville, TN
The Regions Bank features a geodesic dome roof and looks like a mini Gold Dome. The building was designed by John A. Preston and built in 1961 as a First American National Bank. [map]

More Tennessee:
Home Federal Bank (Knoxville)
former bank (Lebanon)
former Union Planters Bank (Memphis)
First Horizon Bank (Sparta)
US Bank (Sparta)