The First Bank of the United States will reopen in Philadelphia after 50 years on July 1, 2026, just days ahead of America’s 250th birthday.
The National Historic Landmark — located on 3rd Street between Walnut and Chestnut streets — has received a $43 million dollar renovation, with $4.5 million raised by the Independence Historical Trust, and $39.3 million from the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020.
As a part of the renovation, an extension to the Bank has been constructed, adding new stairways, bathrooms, an elevator, and heating and cooling systems to the pre-existing structure.
Restorations of the First Bank include repairs of the original facade and preservation of the 1900 remodel of the Bank.
Admission to the First Bank of the United States will be free to the public, and the historical site will be open Thursdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The First Bank originally opened in 1797 as a part of then-Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton’s plan for a national financial system, which would economically unite the 13 original colonies of the United States.
In 1987, following its closure, the Bank was declared a National Historic Landmark.