First National Bank of Pomeroy - Downtown Pomeroy Historic District - Pomeroy, WA
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N 46° 28.484 W 117° 36.099
11T E 453812 N 5146972
The old First National Bank of Pomeroy.
Waymark Code: WMVXWN
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2017
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"The First National Bank Building, erected in 1887, is a two-story brick building designed with elements of the Gothic Revival and Italianate styles. The building has an ornate brick cornice decorated with raised pilasters, inset cross designs, corbel courses, and peaked parapets over two of the bays. These bays, on the east and south facades, have elongated recessed brick panels above a semicircular arch. All the bays are separated by raised brick pilasters capped with decorative brick elements. The windows are a combination of one-over-one and two-over-two, double-hung wood sash windows with segmental and flat arches. Separated from the upper story by a corbel belt course, the lower story has large storefront windows, pedestrian entrances, and smaller segmental arch windows. The storefronts on south (front) and east sides are supported by cast-iron columns with bases imprinted with a maker's mark that is imprinted with "Cheery and Parks, Albany, Oregon." The two storefronts on the front facade have transoms (some covered with plywood) recessed central entrances, and wood bulkheads. Raised brick pilasters capped with peaked arches flank the south entrance door to the upper story. The metal fined bank safe has a hand painted scene on the door. The safe was purchased from the W.B. Wilshire and Co. of San Francisco and Portland. Modifications include covering the east side storefront with plywood, addition of a metal canopy over the store fronts on the south facade, alteration of an east side door and window, and the addition of a shed roof garage on the north elevation." (
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