Anthony Wayne Bank

Operating by 1959 – merged into Summit Bank, 1 May 1987

Founded: The bank's charter year has not been found in the sources searched. It is documented from the 1950s: its Tijne Corners Branch, at 6102 U.S. Highway 24 West, opened in July 1959, and a South Anthony Branch, at 5533 South Anthony Boulevard, was in place by December 1965 (Federal Reserve bank-status releases). Among its directors was Edward F. Scheumann, a Fort Wayne banker of fifty years' standing who had been vice-president and cashier of the First National Bank.

What it did: A Fort Wayne community bank. In 1964 it built its headquarters, the Anthony Wayne Bank Building — fifteen stories, designed by Robert Lee Hall — and the bank's headquarters remained there until 1985. In 1984 General Bancshares Corporation of Indiana, of Fort Wayne, applied for Federal Reserve approval to acquire one hundred percent of the bank.

Fate: The Anthony Wayne Bank merged into Summit Bank effective 1 May 1987 (Federal Reserve G.4.5 release, 29 June 1987) — joining the Summit line formed in 1983 from Peoples Trust and the former Dime Trust, which runs on through NBD and Bank One to Chase. Successor banks used the Anthony Wayne Bank Building into the mid-2000s (JPMorgan Chase); in 2011 the building was converted to condominiums as the Anthony Wayne Building.

Sources:

1. Federal Reserve G.4.5 releases — the July 1959 Tijne Corners Branch, the December 1965 South Anthony Branch, and the merger into Summit Bank effective 1 May 1987 (release of 29 June 1987).
2. Federal Reserve H.2 release, week ending 10 March 1984 — the General Bancshares acquisition application.
3. Creighton Avenue neighbourhood history (West Central / Williams Woodland Park research, citing the 1913 Ankenbruck directory) — Scheumann's directorship.
4. Wikipedia, "List of tallest buildings in Fort Wayne" — the 1964 bank building, the 1985 headquarters departure and the 2011 condominium conversion.