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More than 2000 (2010) [1] Website. first-online.bank. First Financial Bank is a regional bank operated by First Financial Corporation and based in Terre Haute, Indiana. It is the oldest national bank in Indiana and the fifth oldest national bank in the United States. [2] First Financial Corporation is Vigo County 's only publicly traded company.
Terre Haute (/ ˈtɛrə ˈhoʊt / TERR-ə HOHT) [4] is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, [5] about 5 miles (8 km) east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 [6] and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716.
Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) is a private university in Terre Haute, Indiana.It was founded in 1874 with only three bachelor's degree programs. It has since grown to twelve academic departments with over thirty undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, and engineering management, leading to bachelor's and master's degrees.
WTHI-TV first signed on the air on July 22, 1954. It was the first television station in the Terre Haute market.It was founded by local businessman and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman, owner of radio stations WTHI (1480 AM, now WPFR), and WTHI-FM (99.9).
Indiana State University was established by the Indiana General Assembly on December 20, 1865, as the Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute. Its location in Terre Haute was secured by a donation of $73,000 by Chauncey Rose. [6] As the State Normal School, its core mission was to educate elementary and high school teachers. [7] The school ...
Morris Plan Banks were part of a historic banking system in the United States created to assist the middle class in obtaining loans that were often difficult to obtain at traditional banks. They were established by Arthur J. Morris (1881–1973), a lawyer in Norfolk, Virginia, who noticed the difficulty his working clients had in getting loans.
The First National Bank is a historic bank building located at Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. It was built in 1892 and remodeled in 1928, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style limestone building. It features a central pedimented pavilion supported by Corinthian order columns. [2] : . Part 1, p. 22.
Vigo County, Indiana. Vigo County (/ ˈviːɡoʊ / VEE-goh) is a county on the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 106,153. [1] Its county seat is Terre Haute. [2] Vigo County is included in the Terre Haute metropolitan area.