Building at 418–420 Notre Dame Ave.
America's Credit Union Museum is located in New Hampshire
America's Credit Union Museum
Location in New Hampshire
America's Credit Union Museum is located in the United States
America's Credit Union Museum
America's Credit Union Museum (the United States)
Location420 Notre Dame Ave.,
Manchester, New Hampshire
Coordinates42°59′36″N 71°28′33″W / 42.9933°N 71.4758°W / 42.9933; -71.4758
Arealess than one acre
Built1907
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.96001467[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1996

America's Credit Union Museum is located in Manchester, New Hampshire, on the site of the first credit union founded in the United States.[2] The museum is housed at the original location for St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association, renamed in 1925 to La Caisse Populaire Ste.-Marie, or "Bank of the People", St. Mary's.[3] In 1996, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Building at 418–420 Notre Dame Ave.

What is now the museum was formerly a three-story, three-family dwelling belonging to Joseph Boivin, the manager of the St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association.[4][5] Boivin started the credit union with the help of Monsignor Pierre Hevey and Alphonse Desjardins. The building was donated to the museum by Mr. & Mrs. Armand Lemire. To create the museum, the first two floors were converted into exhibit space about credit union history in the United States. The first floor pays tribute to the founding era of the credit union from 1908 to 1933. The second floor has historical artifacts beginning from 1934, featuring the Estes Park conference that created the Credit Union National Association, and the 1934 Federal Credit Union Act which enabled credit unions to be established in all states in the nation. The third floor contains an 85-person capacity meeting space with LCD projectors.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Fiserv Makes Financial Donation to America's Credit Union Museum. Business Wire. 13 Sept. 2005.
  3. ↑ Reiboldt, Wendy; Mallers, Melanie Horn (2013-11-26). Consumer Survival: An Encyclopedia of Consumer Rights, Safety, and Protection [2 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Consumer Rights, Safety, and Protection. ABC-CLIO. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-59884-937-0.
  4. ↑ Blankenhorn, David; Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe; Brophy-Warren, Sorcha (2011-04-15). Franklin's Thrift: The Lost History of an American Virtue. Templeton Foundation Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-59947-352-9.
  5. ↑ Singh, S. k (2009). Bank Regulations. Discovery Publishing House. p. 200. ISBN 978-81-8356-447-2.
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