320 East College Avenue (Appleton, Wisconsin)

320 East College Avenue is a building located on College Avenue in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin. Built in 1960, the current building was used as a bank branch by a series of institutions until 2011. As of 2020, it is planned to be demolished, to be replaced by a six-story apartment building.

History
The current building at 320 E. College was constructed on the former site of three buildings at 316, 318, and 322 East College Avenue. The properties was acquired by the Appleton Building and Loan Association in 1959, which demolished the existing buildings and began construction on its new headquarters at the site in July 1960. ABLA held a "Formal Showing" of the newly completed office on June 24, 1961.

Appleton Building and Loan was renamed Home Savings on August 8, 1972. Home Savings was acquired by Republic Savings in 1988, and Republic Savings was acquired by TCF Bank in 1992. North Shore Bank purchased TCF Bank's three Fox Valley locations, including the downtown Appleton branch, converting them into North Shore branches on September 20, 1999.

North Shore Bank closed the branch on April 29, 2011, because the number of transactions being made there was declining. The bank sold the building to KTW Investments on November 1, 2013, which in turn sold it to Lawrence University on December 30 of that year. Lawrence purchased the building mostly for the 56 parking spaces on the property, facing Johnston Street. In February 2014, the university allowed local charities to use the building as a donation center benefiting refugees immigrating to Appleton. The donation center operated for six months, after which Lawrence began using the building as storage space. In 2018, the university sought plans for demolishing the building and reusing the property, describing it as being in "tear-down condition" and "a challenge to redevelop."

Tadych Investment Partners offered to purchase the property from Lawrence, and proposed a six-story apartment building with street-level commercial space, to begin construction in early 2020 and open to tenants in early 2021.