Thrift Building

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Unusual architecture of the 1918 Thrift Building, home to the People's Federal Savings and Loan.
Unusual architecture of the 1918 Thrift Building, home to the People's Federal Savings and Loan.

The Thrift Building in Sidney is an early-modern building in western Ohio. It was designed by architect Louis Sullivan, the famous student of master Frank Lloyd Wright. In was designed in 1918 and built that same year for use by the Peoples Federal Savings and Loan, which exists only in Sidney. It exists as one of the few buildings designed by Sullivan outside of the city of Chicago. The building is on the register of National Historic Landmarks.

The Thrift Building lies on the corner of S. Ohio Street and E. Court Street in Sidney across from the famed Spot restaurant (where President George W. Bush ate in 2004). It lies also across the street from the Gothic revival Monumental Building and the Italianate-style Shelby County courthouse.

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