page_title: Herbert E. Wolfe
section_title: Business
hierarchical_section_title: Herbert E. Wolfe / Business
caption_attribution_description: English: The Exchange Bank building on Cathedral Place in St. Augustine, Florida
context_page_description: Herbert E. Wolfe was an American businessman, banker, philanthropist, farmer, and mayor of St. Augustine, Florida.
context_section_description: In 1923, Wolfe started the H.E. Wolfe Construction Company, which constructed road work in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Between 1926 and 1956 Wolfe organized the San Marco Contracting Company. He served as president and chairman of the board of Rogers Manufacturing Company, which made heavy trailers and truck bodies. He served as a director with and vice president of the Florida East Coast Railway, and he served on the Florida Industrial Commission.
  In addition to his farming and construction business, Herbert Wolfe was also heavily involved in the banking industry in Northeast Florida. He organized three separate Exchange Banks: the Exchange Bank of St. Augustine opened in 1934, the Hastings Exchange Bank in Hastings, Florida opened in 1950, and the Exchange Bank of Palatka in Palatka, Florida opened in 1956. In St. Augustine he served as officer and chairman, in Hastings as a director, and in Palatka as president and chairman of the board. The St. Augustine and Hastings banks eventually became part of the Atlantic National Bank in Jacksonville, while the Palatka branch was sold in 1959.
caption: Exchange Bank of St. Augustine
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