On your left, look for a four-story Indiana limestone facade with broad round arches at street level and tall Corinthian pilasters, flat columns crowned with carved leaves, rising above a continuous run of windows.
Chicago architects Vitzthum and Burns gave South Bend this Classical Revival bank in nineteen twenty-four, and they meant it to project confidence. Banks of that era often borrowed the language of ancient temples, and this one does it with admirable restraint: sturdy arches below, then an orderly band of windows above, each section divided by those elegant Corinthian pilasters. The app makes it easy to see how firmly the stone and symmetry hold the corner. The All American Bank stayed here until nineteen seventy, so for decades this building stood as a public face of money, trust, and ambition in the city center. In nineteen eighty-five, it entered the National Register of Historic Places. You can admire the exterior here at any hour, any day of the week. It still carries itself with the calm authority of old finance. When you are ready, continue on to the next stop.
