Richard Fillmore Tancil (1859-1928) was a medical doctor, developer, and community leader who founded various institutions in Richmond, Virginia including Nickel Savings Bank in 1896.[1] His office was at 601 North 30th Street.[2]
Tancil was an 1882 graduate of Howard University. He received a degree in medicine from the Howard University College of Medicine, and worked at Freedmen's Hospital in Washington D.C.
He moved to Richmond, Virginia and founded the Nickel Savings Bank in 1896 in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood. Tancil also served as president of the Virginia Medical Association, was a director of the Memorial Burial Ground Association, and was involved in civil rights efforts including the boycott of Richmond's segregated Virginia Passenger and Power Company streetcars in 1903 and 1904 during the Jim Crow era. The bank closed in 1910 after a run on it. Richard J. Bass and Roscoe C. Brown also worked for the bank.[3]
A historical marker commemorates the history of one of the properties he bought and developed.[4]
One of his daughters married Rev. R. J. Langston.[5]
The True Reformers Bank also served African Americans.[6]
Tancil is buried in the East End Cemetery in Richmond.[7] In 2016, the cemetery was vandalized and Tancil's headstone was stolen. Community members replaced it and held a dedication ceremony in memory of Tancil's contributions.[8]
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- ^ "A Great Moral and Social Force" (PDF). Kansascityfed.org. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "Hill's Richmond City Directory (Chesterfield and Henrico Counties, Va.)". Hill Directory Company. April 3, 1905 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Staunton Dispatch-News from Staunton, Virginia on December 16, 1910 · 5". Newspapers.com. 16 December 1910.
- ^ "600 N. 29th St. Historical Marker". Hmdb.org.
- ^ One Common Country for One Common People: Selected Writings and Speeches of Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood. Xlibris Corporation. 13 July 2011. ISBN 9781462887217.
- ^ Ransom, Candice F. (September 1, 2008). Maggie L. Walker: Pioneering Banker and Community Leader. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 9780822566113 – via Google Books.
- ^ C. SUAREZ ROJAS (16 May 2021). "Richmond withholding money for Enrichmond Foundation after concerns raised about management, oversight of historic Black cemeteries". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- ^ ehp (2016-10-23). "Dedicated". Friends of East End. Retrieved 2023-01-30.