American Fletcher National Bank was an Indianapolis -based bank founded in 1839 that was eventually absorbed by Bank One and later Chase Bank . Since the merger of the Fletcher Trust Company with the American National Bank to form the American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Company at the end of 1954, it had been the largest or the second largest bank in the state of Indiana, often changing places with its Indianapolis-based rival Indiana National Bank for the top spot. From the mid-1950s through the late-1980s, American Fletcher National Bank and Trust, along with Indiana National Bank and Merchants National Bank , was one of the top three largest banks within Indianapolis and its holding company, American Fletcher Corporation, was one of the top three largest bank holding companies within the state, along with INB Financial Corporation (formerly Indiana National Corporation) and Merchants National Corporation .
29-437: Starting in the 1960s, they were well known for owning the only 222-prefixed number in the 317 area code . Officially, this number was 222-AFNB (2362), but since 222 plus any four numbers would work, most people just dialed seven 2s. This line would provide a recorded message with the time, weather, and other announcements. The service was discontinued by Bank One in 1993, but five years later, Indianapolis radio station WIBC took
58-608: A standard telephone keypad, made 317 the second Indiana area code to be overlaid after area code 812 was overlaid with 930 in March 2015. Area code 463 entered service on March 15, 2016. On that date, a permissive dialing period began during which both seven- and ten-digit calls would be able to complete. Ten-digit dialing was originally to become mandatory in the Indianapolis area on September 15, 2016. However, on August 31, in response to an appeal from security alarm companies,
87-597: The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Indianapolis and nine surrounding counties in central Indiana . The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises all or parts of Marion , Boone , Hancock , Hamilton , Hendricks , Johnson , Madison , Morgan , and Shelby counties. 317 is the original area code of the NPA, created in 1947, while 463 is an overlay code for the same area that was added in 2016, making ten-digit dialing mandatory for all calls in
116-466: The AUL Tower (now OneAmerica Tower ) in Indianapolis for the distinction. The building's twin spires' are 811 feet (247 m) tall, while the 48 floors of office and retail space and 2 building equipment floors above that peak at the 701-foot (214 m) roof. It is the regional headquarters of Salesforce , which moved into the tower in the late-2010s and currently occupies a large amount of space in
145-603: The Security Desk in both the Circle and Tower-side lobbies. The tower can be seen from various spots around greater Indianapolis. The tower was originally conceived in the late 1970s by Frank E. McKinney, Jr. , chairman of American Fletcher Corporation , the holding company for American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Company (AFNB), which at the time was Indiana's largest financial institution, to allow for consolidation and expansion of his company's headquarters. Land
174-967: The Union Bank and Trust Co. of Franklin in Johnson County for $ 10.2 million followed by the August announcement of the pending acquisition of the First American National Bank of Plainfield in Hendricks County for $ 14.1 million and the September announcement of the pending acquisition of the Carmel Bank & Trust Co. in Hamilton County . The acquisition of the Union Bank and Trust in Franklin
203-400: The acquisition of banks outside of its home county along with extremely limited branching. McKinney's son, Frank E. McKinney Jr. , was named president in 1972 and chairman of the board in 1973. He had helped to greatly expand the bank through the acquisition of other banks, especially when banking restrictions were relaxed. The bank made its first expansion move outside of Marion County by
232-624: The acquisition of the offices and assets of the failed Shelby National Bank of Shelbyville in Shelby County , from the FDIC for $ 4.5 million in April 1984. The failed bank was immediately integrated into AFNB. Just days after a new law went into effect which allowed bank holding companies to own more than one bank and to cross county lines, AFC announced in July 1985 of their pending acquisition of
261-497: The building. While the tower has two spires of equal height, only one of them is functional as a transmission antenna. The other mast is merely an architectural decoration. The building was designed by KlingStubbins , and built by Indianapolis-based Huber Hunt & Nichols . The tower's step pyramidal cap reflects the design of the Indiana War Memorial , three blocks due north. The War Memorial, in turn, reflects
290-483: The combined company. With the merger with the Fidelity Bank & Trust Company into the company on July 31, 1959, AFNB became the largest bank in the state. Woollen had died just a month prior to the completion of the merger. Frank E. McKinney Sr. , the leader of Fidelity since 1935, became in charge of AFNB. American Fletcher was one of the earliest issuers of bank credit cards within the state of Indiana with
319-507: The consolidation of the dozen or so individual Bank One banks, such as Bank One Indianapolis, Bank One Franklin, Bank One Bloomington, etc., to form a single statewide Bank One Indiana financial institution. Prior to the charter consolidation, customers of one Bank One bank could not access their accounts at a different Bank One bank in another county since the individually charter banks were separate legal entities. 317 area code Area codes 317 and 463 are telephone area codes in
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#1732783363161348-414: The deadline was extended to October 15, 2016. 39°46′06″N 86°09′29″W / 39.768333°N 86.158056°W / 39.768333; -86.158056 Bank One Tower Salesforce Tower (formerly known as Bank One Tower , then Chase Tower , and originally conceived as American Fletcher Tower ) is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Indiana . Opening in 1990, it surpassed
377-508: The descriptions of the original Mausoleum . Because of the height of this building, its roof was specifically designed to house communications relay equipment, in order to provide additional revenue to the building's owners. Over the past several years, two large banners have occasionally been placed outside the north and south communication bullpen areas of the roof in support of two of the city's professional sports franchises. These "Go Pacers " and "Go Colts " signs are highly visible being on
406-935: The holding company for the Citizens Northern Bank of Elkhart, for $ 5 million. In the same month, AFC completed its acquisition of the First American National Bank of Plainfield. In May 1986, it was announced that AFC was going to merge with the Columbus, Ohio-based Banc One Corporation for $ 597.3 million in stock with American Fletcher National Bank being renamed Bank One Indianapolis and American Fletcher Corporation renamed Banc One, Indiana Corporation. The other subsidiary banks, Union Bank & Trust Co. of Franklin, First American National Bank of Plainfield, Carmel Bank & Trust Co., and Citizens Northern Bank of Elkhart were renamed Bank One Franklin, Bank One Plainfield, Bank One Carmel and Bank One Elkhart respectively. The result gave American Fletcher executives 20% of
435-620: The introduction of their proprietary AFNB Charge Card in May 1966. By early 1967, the AFNB Charge Card was associated with the regional Midwest Bank Card System, an early forerunner of Mastercard . Outside of Marion County, American Fletcher franchised their charge card to other Indiana banks, such as the Merchants National Bank of Terre Haute. In 1968, a holding corporation called American Fletcher Corporation (AFC)
464-404: The new tower. The Fletcher Trust Building itself was subsequently sold and has since been renovated into a Hilton Garden Inn hotel. Banc One Corporation (later renamed Bank One Corporation) went through several additional major acquisitions before it was itself bought by J.P. Morgan Chase in the early 2000s. Upon consummation of that merger, the Indianapolis structure was renamed to become known as
493-742: The number 222-2222 for a new recorded forecast called the WIBC Weatherphone. That service endured for more than 25 years before being discontinued in February 2024. American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Company (AFNB) was formed on December 31, 1954, upon the merger of the Fletcher Trust Company with the American National Bank to form the second largest bank in the state at that time. Evan Woollen Jr., former president of Fletcher Trust, became president of
522-474: The old 317 territory outside of the inner ring of the Indianapolis metropolitan area switched to 765 . The proliferation of pagers and cell phones depleted the numbering resources of area code 317, so that it was expected to exhaust in 2017. The Indiana Regulatory Commission announced that area code 463 would be added in 2016 to form an overlay numbering plan . The new area code, which spells out IND on
551-414: The region. In 1947, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) published the first configuration of proposed numbering plan areas (NPAs) for a new nationwide numbering and toll call routing system. Indiana was divided to receive two area codes. Area code 317 served the northern two-thirds of Indiana, while area code 812 served the southern third. In the first change of the original plan in 1948, 317
580-478: The skyscraper (and its attached parking garage along Pennsylvania Street) to the main entrance in the original 1960 American National Bank Building at 111 Monument Circle. A separate skywalk across Scioto once connected the Circle Building to the adjacent Fletcher Trust Building at 10 E. Market Street, but that was later removed after the bank moved all operations formerly located in that structure into
609-494: The spring of 1986 to merge with Ohio 's rapidly growing Banc One Corporation . Upon consummation of that merger, Mr. McKinney became chairman of Bank One's Indiana operations and tower planning picked up momentum. Ground was broken and construction began in June 1987 on the newly designated Bank One Center Tower which was to be integrated with AFNB's existing headquarters complex on Monument Circle and adjacent Market Street. This
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#1732783363161638-465: The state of Indiana, such as Bank One Lafayette, Bank One Merrillville, Bank One Marion, Bank One Crawfordsville, Bank One Rensselaer, Bank One Richmond, and Bank One Bloomington, were placed under the supervision of Banc One Indiana Corporation. In 1990, the 48-story Bank One Tower at 111 Monument Circle, the tallest building in the state of Indiana, was finally opened after 20 years of planning under American Fletcher. By March 1997, Banc One completed
667-428: The tallest structure in the city. The tower has no official observation deck. However, views of Monument Circle and the immediate downtown area can be seen from floors 2 and 7 in the common areas on the Circle side of the complex. In 2017, electronic turnstiles were implemented in the tower as a security measure. In turn, the elevators are no longer accessible by the public. However, Visitors Passes can be attained from
696-486: The voting stock in the Banc One Corporation parent company and Frank E. McKinney Jr. became president of Banc One while still remaining as president and chairman of Banc One Indiana Corp. The merger was finalized on January 27, 1987. McKinney and two other directors of American Fletcher became directors of Banc One Corporation. After the merger, the other banks that parent Banc One had previously acquired in
725-419: Was cut back to central Indiana, while the northern third of Indiana, including Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, South Bend , Elkhart and Fort Wayne , received area code 219. Despite Indianapolis's rapid growth during the second half of the 20th century, and the accompanying increased number demand, this configuration remained in place for 48 years. No changes were made to 317 until February 1, 1997, when most of
754-462: Was done mainly to secure the prestigious Monument Circle address for the new tower, which rises between Ohio Street and Wabash Street (the east-west alley between Market and Ohio). Thus, the Ohio Street entrance to the tower is the complex's back door with a concourse-style passageway on the second level running over Scioto Street (the north-south alley between Pennsylvania and Meridian) to connect
783-676: Was finalized in December 1985 just after Union Bank opened a branch office in Columbus . State laws at that time would not have allowed AFNB to open a banking office in Columbus, but it allowed AFC a presence in Bartholomew County if Union bank was able to open a banking branch office prior to the merger going into effect. In February 1986, AFC announced that they were acquiring the Citizens Northern Company,
812-550: Was formed to be the new parent company for the bank and allow the company to acquire banks outside its home county once the Indiana Legislature pass legislation that would allow such actions. At that time, American Fletcher had 41 branches throughout Indianapolis and Marion County. It was not until July 1, 1985, that the laws enacted by the Indiana State Legislature went to effect that permitted
841-446: Was slowly being assembled for the building, with several predecessor structures along Ohio Street and Pennsylvania Street being demolished in those years and the early 1980s to clear the way for what McKinney hoped would soon be Indiana's tallest office tower. Before construction of the building began, American Fletcher became the first major Indianapolis bank holding company to be sold to an out-of-state financial institution, agreeing in
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