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Dollar Savings Bank Building
1935/1980
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Title
Dollar Savings Bank Building
Creator
unknown
Identifier
MSP285.B002.F24.I04
Description
The Dollar Savings Bank Building was built from 1868-1871 and designed by the architectural firm of Isaac H. Hobbs & Sons. It was built with Connecticut Brownstone and was home to the first mutual bank in the City of Pittsburgh. The most distinguishing features of the building, said to be constructed in Roman Corinthian or Composite style, are the large columns marking the facade. Two sculptures of lions can be found near the entrance to the building, sculpted on site by Max Kohler. The Trustees intended to use the lions to symbolize the heavy guard under which all money in the bank was placed.
Subject
Dollar Savings Bank Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Statues--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Fourth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Banks and banking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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