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Terra Alta Bank, also known as The History House, is a historic bank building located at Terra Alta, Preston County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, and is a three-story, six bay wide brick Italianate style commercial building. It has a cast iron storefront on the first floor of the main facade and metal window surrounds on the upper floors. The roof line of the building has a decorative bracketed cast iron cornice on three sides.
Terra Alta Bank | |
Location | 109 E. Washington St., Terra Alta, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39.4449°N 79.5459°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1893 |
Built by | Gakes Brother and Sharp |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 97000786[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 9, 1997 |
The Terra Alta Bank was chartered in 1891 as the second bank established in Preston County. In 1893, its board undertook construction of the three-story Italianate building designed by Gakes Brothers & Sharps. It was the only bank in Preston County to survive the Great Depression.[2] The bank occupied the building until 1991, after which it was partly occupied by a local historical society.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
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