Union Trust Bank Company Building

The Union Trust Bank Company Building is a historic bank building at 200 Collinsville Avenue in downtown East St. Louis, Illinois.

Background

Built from 1922 to 1926, the building housed the Union Trust & Savings Bank, which was founded in 1901 by August Schlafly. Architect Thomas Imbs designed the Classical Revival building. The building opened after the 1917 race riot and a series of corruption scandals in East St. Louis, and its construction marked a turnaround for the struggling city. The new building inspired confidence in the city's downtown, which added several landmark buildings were in the ensuing decade.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 2014. It is the only survivor of the city's two Classical Revival banks.