Dollar Savings Bank Building

1935/1980

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Dollar Savings Bank Building
  • 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
  • Rights Information
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