First Security Branch of Wells Fargo

Behind this bank branch sits one of Utah's quiet contributions to American finance. First Security was built by the Eccles family of Ogden — and Marriner Eccles, who organized it in 1928 as one of the country's first multibank holding companies, went on to chair the Federal Reserve through the New Deal and help design the modern American banking system. First Security ran as a Western institution until Wells Fargo absorbed it in 2000. This marker remembers the building; the larger story is the Utah banker who helped reshape the nation's money.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.2 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.2 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 1.6 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 1.8 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Pioneer Telegraph Office — steps away
• Pioneer Telegraph — steps away
• Z.C.M.I. — steps away
• ZCMI Co-Op Building — steps away