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Coraopolis Savings and Trust Company

Coraopolis Savings and Trust Company

Press C. Dowler, prolific architect of schools, banks, and telephone exchanges, designed this solid-looking classical bank, and the Pittsburgh Daily Post tells us that the opening (October 10, 1021) was a gala occasion.

Newspaper article about the opening of the bank
Front of the bank

The building no longer houses a bank, but almost nothing about the exterior has changed since that opening day, except that the big windows may not originally have been filled in with glass block.

Side of the building

A look down the Mill Street side of the bank, with the Ohio Valley Trust Company building in the background.

Basement entrance

Mill Street does not meet Fifth Avenue at exactly a right angle, which leaves room for this curious triangular pit with a basement entrance.

Lantern

A lantern on the front of the building.

Bank in the sunshine

A picture on a sunny day.

Cameras: Fujifilm FinePix HS10; Kodak EasyShare Z1285.

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