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In 1953, under the leadership of John Lauritzen, First National Bank became the first bank in the region and the fifth in the nation to issue credit cards. [2] In 1968, the bank was reorganized under the bank holding company, First National of Nebraska, Inc. In 1971, employees started moving into the 22-story First National Center. Attached to ...
In 1953, under the leadership of John Lauritzen, First National Bank became the first bank in the region and the fifth in the nation to issue credit cards. [3] In 1968, due to an investment in real estate not permitted under a straight banking charter, the bank reorganized as a subsidiary of the bank holding company, First National of Nebraska ...
Bruce R. Lauritzen was the chief executive officer of Lauritzen Corporation, as well as Chairman of First National of Nebraska, Inc., First National Bank of Omaha, and more than a dozen other banks and bank holding companies operating in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Texas until his death in February 2024. [9]
Herman Kountze (August 21, 1833 – November 20, 1906) was a powerful and influential pioneer banker in Omaha, Nebraska, during the late 19th century.After organizing the Kountze Brothers Bank in 1857 as the second bank in Omaha, [1] Herman and his brothers Augustus, Charles and Luther changed the charter in 1863, opening the First National Bank of Omaha that year. [2]
1895 house expanded into a hotel in 1914—when Long Pine boomed as a major railroad terminus—exhibiting an old-fashioned "longitudinal block" layout more typical of Nebraska's earliest hotels. [26] Now a local history museum. [27]
First National Bank of Omaha: 1857 [6] Founded by Herman and Augustus Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank. Forest Lawn Memorial Park: 1885 J.P. Cooke Company: 1887 Krug Brewery: 1848 Closed in 1987. Metro Area Transit: 1972 Metropolitan Utilities District: 1913 Metz Brewery: 1856 No longer functioning in Omaha. Mutual Benefit Life: 1845
The First National Bank Building is a historic 8-story office building in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was built by Selden-Breck Co. in 1911 for the First National Bank, founded by Civil War veteran Amasa Cobb in 1871. [2] It was designed in the Commercial style by Hyland & Green, an architectural firm based in Chicago. [2]
The First National Bank Building is a U-shaped, fourteen-story, historic steel structure building located on the corner of 16th and Farnam street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The building was constructed in 1917. It was the original building for the First National Bank as well as the first high-rise building built in Omaha.