Industrial Bank advertised in Polk's City Directory, 1948
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Industrial Bank of Washington
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Industrial Bank of Washington
Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Industrial Bank of Washington
In 1913 laborer and entrepreneur John Whitelaw Lewis founded the Industrial Savings Bank at 11th and U streets NW, opening up financial opportunities for African Americans. When it opened, Industrial Bank (designed by Black architect Isaah T.…