Dollar Savings Bank
N 40° 26.340 W 080° 00.000
17T E 584811 N 4476963
Opened in 1871, the Dollar Bank building is one of the very few original buildings in Pittsburgh's old financial district that's still used as a bank. It's significant for GPS users, too, because the building straddles the 80th longitude meridian!
Waymark Code: WMWT8
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2006
Views: 112
Fourth Avenue used to be the financial district of Pittsburgh. In the late nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was transformed as it became the nation's industrial center. Oil wells in northwestern Pennsylvania and steel mills in Pittsburgh and the Monongahela Valley were sources of tremendous wealth, and much of that money flowed into the banks and financial institutions that were being constructed on Fourth Avenue. By 1908, the amount of money held in Pittsburgh's national banks was second only to that in New York. In that year, the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange and twenty banks and trust companies were located in and around Fourth Avenue.
All the other banks have moved on to new and modern buildings, but Dollar Bank still operates a branch here in its former headquarters. See the big friendly lions, the bank's mascot, and take a stroll down the street to see a nice slice of Pittsburgh's architectural history.
A very detailed history of the building's design and construction can be found by clicking the link below.
Street address:
4th Ave. and Smithfield St.
Pittsburgh, PA USA
15222
County / Borough / Parish: Allegheny
Year listed: 1976
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Commerce
Periods of significance: 1850-1874
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Finanical Institution
Current function: Commerce/Trade/ Financial Institution
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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