First Bank In Alabama
Planters And Merchants Bank of Huntsville
Housed on this site in brick building
44 ft. x 54 ft
Chartered by Mississippi Territorial Legislature December 11, 1816
Commenced operations October 17, 1817, shortly thereafter made depository for Huntsville Federal Land Office funds.
Charter voided by Proclamation of Governor Pickens on February 1, 1825.
LeRoy Pope, first and only president.
Marker is on Westside Square, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
