Wilmington Trust Company Bank is a historic

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

building in

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. It was built about 1926 and is a one-story, rectangular plan brick structure with a cast concrete / cement Neoclassical facade. It was built by the Farmer's Trust Company of Newark, which was acquired in 1952 by the

Wilmington Trust Company Wilmington Trust is one of the top 10 largest American institutions by fiduciary assets. Wilmington Trust is currently a provider of international corporate and institutional services, investment management, and private banking. The firm was foun ...

. It is owned today by

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, which bought Wilmington Trust in 2008. It was added to the

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in 1982.

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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Commercial buildings completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Newark, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub