of the earliest in Lancaster County, opened its doors on March 1, 1865. This was the present Man- heim National Bank, which then paid four per cent interest on deposits for six months to twelve months, and five per cent on those over twelve months." The Arndt home was located on North Prussian Street

indebted to a number of persons and sources for aid in gathering the material for this study. Mr. M. Luther �Heisey and Miss Elizabeth C. Kieffer, of the Lancaster County Historical Society, have been especially helpful, Miss Kieffer secur- ing the interesting facts from the account books and minutes of