Eureka Iron Works & Wyandotte Savings Bank

Eber Ward planned the creation of his Eureka Iron Works on this site in 1854 and also planned the creation of the village of Wyandotte. This building, at the southeast corner of Biddle and Elm, was built in 1860 to serve as the offices of a sprawling industrial complex of blast furnaces and rolling mills, and it is the oldest commercial building in Wyandotte. In 1871, John S. Van Alstyne helped found the Wyandotte Savings Bank, which occupied the north side of the building and successfully served the community through many hard times until it was bought out in 1989. The Wyandotte Public Library was located in the building in the 1880's, and the third floor had space for plays and high school graduation ceremonies before that level was removed in 1954.

Wyandotte, Michigan · United States