1926 - Granite Savings Bank - Rockport, Massachusetts
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Granite Savings Bank built 1926 on Main Street in Rockport, Massachusetts. Purchased by Buck Robinson who founded Toad Hall Bookstore (1972 - 2017). Now a private residence. Listed among 28 buildings in NRHP historic district since 1976.
Waymark Code: WM16JPB
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2022
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Granite Savings Bank built 1926 on Main Street in Rockport, Massachusetts. Purchased by Buck Robinson who founded Toad Hall Bookstore (1972 - 2017). Now a private residence. Listed among 28 buildings in the NRHP Rockport Downtown Main Street Historic District since 1976. (National Archives Identifier: 63794942)
NRHP Nomination Form describes it: "Building materials in the district are predominantly brick and clapboard, with the exception of two shingled buildings and the handsome Granite Savings Bank...built of the famous Rockport granite. The two-story building is three bays wide and its gable faces the street."
Sources:
- NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY NOMINATION FORM, April 1976
- Gloucester Daily Times, , September 19, 2017
- Shelf Awareness, Toad Hall in Rockport, Mass., to Close, August 21, 2017
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