The National Bank of Detroit (NBD), later renamed NBD Bank, was a bank that operated mostly in the Midwestern United States. Following its merger with First National Bank of Chicago, the bank was ultimately acquired and merged into Bank One, at which point the NBD name was discontinued. Today, what was once NBD is owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Former NBD headquarters (1959–1995)
First Chicago Bank was a Chicago-based retail and commercial bank tracing its roots to 1863, when it received one of the first charters under the then new National Bank Act. Over the years, the bank operated under several names including The First National Bank of Chicago and First Chicago NBD. In 1998, First Chicago NBD merged with Banc One Corporation to form Bank One Corporation, today a part of Chase.
First National Bank of Chicago, Michigan-Wacker Historic District
The First National clock is located at Exelon Plaza next to the Chase Tower in the Chicago Loop. The tower was called First National Plaza when it was built in 1969.
A plaque located below the clock next to the Chase Tower (originally First National Plaza). It was dedicated in 1979.