Second National Bank of Meyersdale

The story

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The Second National Bank of Meyersdale is a bank building at 151 Center St. in Meyersdale, Somerset County, listed in the National Register in 2002. It was built in 1909 in the Classical Revival style, designed by architect Wright Butler.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in commerce and architecture. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1909 to 1951, spanning the building's 1909 completion and interior changes in 1937 and 1951.

Physical character

The building has a limestone foundation and limestone and brick walls. The facade has Ionic columns, a pedimented entablature, a dentiled cornice, and a semicircular lunette window, plus a gambrel roof. Inside, the vault is faced in white glazed brick, and the floor was laid in hexagonal mosaic tile.

Historical context

The Second National Bank was founded in 1901, and this building served as its office from 1909 to 1983. Gallatin National Bank of Uniontown bought it in 1962 and sold the building to Meyersdale borough in 1983. The borough used it for offices until 1999, when it was sold to Somerset Trust Company; the interior was rehabilitated toward its 1909 appearance, and at the time of its listing the building was a bank.