CORAL GABLES

 

Coral Gables was one of the first planned communities, and prefigured the development of the gated community and the homeowners association. It is famous for its strict zoning regulations. The city was developed by George Edgar Merrick during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The city’s architecture is almost entirely Mediterranean Revival Style. By 1926, the city covered 10,000 acres (40 km2), had netted $150 million in sales with over $100 million spent on development.

Merrick designed the downtown commercial district to be only four blocks wide and more than two miles (3 km) long. The main artery bisected the business district. Merrick could boast that every business in Coral Gables was less than a two-block walk. The city used to have an old electric trolley system which was replaced by the popularity of modern automobiles, but now a new free circulator trolley system, initiated in November 2003, runs down Ponce de León Boulevard.

Source: Wikipedia

Coral Gables First National Bank (13008)

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1926 Photo of the Coral Gables First National Bank

1929 $5 Type 1 Charter #13008

1929 $5 Type 1
Charter #13008

Signed by S.M. Sparks, cashier, Robert Hall, president

1929 $10 Type 1 Charter #13008

1929 $10 Type 1
Charter #13008

Signed by S.M. Sparks, cashier; Robert Hall, president

 

1929 $20 Type 1 Charter #13008

1929 $20 Type 1
Charter #13008

Signed by S.M. Sparks, cashier; Robert Hall, president

1929 $5 Type 2 Charter #13008

1929 $5 Type 2
Charter #13008

Signed by S.M. Sparks, cashier; G.R. Romfh, president

1929 $10 Type 2 Charter #13008

1929 $10 Type 2
Charter #13008

Signed by S.M. Sparks, cashier; G.R. Romfh, president also served as cashier of FNB of Miami

1929 $10 Type 2 Charter #13008

1929 $10 Type 2
Charter #13008

Signed by S.M. Sparks, cashier; E.C. Romfh, president also served as president of FNB of Miami

The Coral Gables First National Bank was chartered on November 19, 1926 and survived through the Depression and grew slowly and has now been renamed the Flagship First National Bank of Coral Gables.  Only 20 notes known on this scarce one bank town.  Late issued type 2 notes would see a new cashiers signatture, that of J.W. (James William) Durden.  E.C.O. Romfh would remain president.

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