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What happened to Great Lakes Bank, National Association?
Great Lakes Bank, National Association in Blue Island, IL (earlier called First National Bank of Blue Island) merged into First Midwest Bank of Chicago, IL on Dec 6, 2014. After 1 more change of hands, what was Great Lakes Bank, National Association is today part of Old National Bank (Evansville, IN).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1896First National Bank of Blue Island opens in Blue Island, IL
- Feb 16, 2001renamed Great Lakes Bank, National Association
- Dec 6, 2014MERGEDGreat Lakes Bank, National Association merged into First Midwest Bank of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 3610 ends; its business continues under certificate 3709.
- Feb 16, 2022MERGEDFirst Midwest Bank of Chicago, IL merged into Old National Bank of Evansville, IN.FDIC certificate 3709 ends; its business continues under certificate 3832.
- TodayOPEN
Old National BankMain office Evansville, IN · FDIC certificate 3832 · 354 offices in 10 states on June 30, 2026Every Old National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.oldnational.com
If you still have something from Great Lakes Bank, National Association
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Great Lakes Bank, National Association as lienholder, start with Old National Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Old National Bank to search for the account under the name Great Lakes Bank, National Association. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Old National Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Great Lakes Bank, National Association office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
23 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 18600 Dixie HwyHomewood, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 18120 Torrence AveLansing, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 9697 West 191st StreetMokena, IL | No longer reported |
| 4600 West Lincoln HighwayMatteson, IL | No longer reported |
| 11346 South Cicero AvenueAlsip, IL | No longer reported |
| 13057 South Western AvenueBlue Island, IL | No longer reported |
| 19601 Governors HighwayFlossmoor, IL | No longer reported |
| 3401 West 183rd StreetHazel Crest, IL | No longer reported |
| 2034 Ridge RoadHomewood, IL | No longer reported |
| 13057 South Western AvenueBlue Island, IL | No longer reported |
| 8760 West 159th StreetOrland Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 1218 Sheffield AvenueDyer, IN | No longer reported |
| 1111 E. Exchange AvenueCrete, IL | No longer reported |
| 685 North Lagrange RoadFrankfort, IL | No longer reported |
| 13001 South Gregory StreetBlue Island, IL | No longer reported |
| 2345 West 183rd StreetHomewood, IL | No longer reported |
| 16145 S. State StreetSouth Holland, IL | No longer reported |
| 432 East 162nd StreetSouth Holland, IL | No longer reported |
| 16039 South Harlem AvenueTinley Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 100 Market PlaceManhattan, IL | No longer reported |
| 20005 Wolf RoadMokena, IL | No longer reported |
| 451 North Locust StreetManteno, IL | No longer reported |
| 13001 South Ashland AveCalumet Park, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Great Lakes Bank, National Association
2 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 3 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Bank of Homewood, National AssociationHomewood, IL | Feb 16, 2001 |
| First State Bank of AlsipAlsip, IL | Dec 1, 1992 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 3610 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.