'Turnback Tuesday' features Birmingham National Bank in Derby

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" features a photo of the Birmingham National Bank. 

The bank was first organized in Crofut's Hotel in 1848 under the name of the Manufacturers Bank of Birmingham. In 1865, it entered the national banking system and adopted the new name of the Birmingham National Bank. 
Edwin N. Shelton was its first president and remained so until his death in 1894. 
In 1892-93, the building shown in the photo was constructed at 285 Main St., and the bank moved there.
In the early 1970s, the Birmingham National Bank merged with Home Trust and Second National Bank to become the Second New Haven Bank. 
Several mergers took place and what now remains of the Birmingham National Bank is technically part of the Fleet system. 
The Main Street building itself was subsequently converted into the Olde Birmingham Restaurant, then Tartaglia's Restaurant and eventually Twisted Vine Restaurant in 2005.

*Thanks go to the Derby Public Library for sharing this interesting local history.