Terra Alta Bank
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| Location | 109 E. Washington St., Terra Alta, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°26′41″N 79°32′46″W / 39.44472°N 79.54611°WCoordinates: 39°26′41″N 79°32′46″W / 39.44472°N 79.54611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Italianate |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 97000786[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 9, 1997 |
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. The bank occupied the building until 1991, after which it was partly occupied by a local historical society.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ Charles A. Thomas (February 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Terra Alta Bank". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
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