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| Above left , Baltimore's Western National
Bank, circa 1913. The building still stands to this day
above , although for other uses, when it
was incorporated into the design for the Hippodrome Theatre complex. ................... .......The Baltimore Commercial Bank, above right , was located in downtown Baltimore City. Many of Baltimore's early banks ( 1900's circa ) were located along Howard and Eutaw Street, in the general area of Lexington Street. Early banks started out as smaller businesses and would later branch out with one or two offices in other downtown locations. |
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| Above , a 1914 ad
for the Park Bank , which closed years ago, but the building
stands to this day. A early picture of
the bank can be seen on the left
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Banks were also found in Baltimore's business district, with at least one survivor , the old Savings Bank of Baltimore Building. It's no longer a bank, but is still used as offices. You could find branch offices of the Savings Bank of Baltimore at 5114 Park Heights Avenue, Loch Raven and Northern Parkway, Harundale , Arbutus, and Westview. |
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two shots of downtown Maryland Trust Bank branches.
Below, ads for the National Central
Bank and Hopkins Place Savings Bank (
both circa 1935 ). |
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............Liberty Federal Savings and Loan - Howard Street .........( Funny how they " blued " out the buildings next to it ) |
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| Before the era of plexiglas and
bulletproof glass, banks would have lobbies and
customer service areas that let you know your money was
in a secure place. The trend for the security seems to be turning
back too, once again allowing customers a face to face transaction
with tellers, although you will still find plenty of banks
with all the safety features still in place. The interiors
seen in these photos date back to the 1950's. |
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| .....Baltimore's Old Town Bank, located
at Gay Street and Front Street, just east of downtown.
The ad above shows an ad which Old Town merged with Drovers
& Mechanics National Bank. Mergers would dictate for
years how banking was done in Baltimore , and today very few
of the old banking names are used in Baltimore. It was recently converted
into a hotel. |
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| ......The long gone Metropolitan Savings
Bank ( 1908 - 1963 ) , which had been located
on the Southwest corner of Charles Street and Saratoga Streets.
The building was torn down for construction of Charles Center
in the early 1960's. The postcard on the right shows the
bank, with it's neighbor, the Colonial Savings Bank building
( 1904-late 1950's) , which is also gone. Both banks
were built just after the Baltimore fire of 1904. The picture on the
below right shows both banks from the air, just before they
were torn down for Charles Center. .......... 
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| .. Above Baltimore's Union
Trust Building, circa the 1920's. Above right One of Baltimore's older skyscrapers,
the Baltimore Trust Building, later the Maryland
National Bank Building. Still a bank office
to this day. |
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| ........Baltimore
Federal Savings and Loan building, left, at the intersection
of Fayette and St Paul Streets. Below,
Baltimore's Loyola Federal Savings and Loan Building,
located on North Charles Street and Saratoga Street. The
building was bought and has been converted for use by the University of Baltimore.
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| ..............An
older photograph of a Provident Savings Bank branch,
located in Fell's Point on Broadway, in Southeast
Baltimore. |
| ......As Baltimore grew in the 1910's,
Baltimore's banking grew and changed with it. While a good central
bank was important in the downtown area, more branch
offices were beginning to open up all over town. Other
banks skipped the downtown branch all together , opening
up banks under various names all over the City, to serve the
various neighborhoods. |
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| ....Best known as the " Walbrook Bank"
this old building may have opened under the name Chesapeake
Bank . The building is in the Walbrook Junction section
of Baltimore City, in the 3200 block of West North Avenue. In
the 1960's, the bank was operated by Union Trust Bank , and as
the entire area has undergone many changes over the past 100
years, this bank building continues to be used by a bank,
as seen in the photo above. ........( Above ) There was plenty of excitement at the old Walbrook bank in West Baltimore, after a bank robbery, circa 1940's. A Baltimore City Police car and motorcycle are seen parked in front. |
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| ....Wilson Savings Bank on West Baltimore
Street near Franklintown Road. Many of the older banks since
converted to other used can be identified by the use of concrete
or marble around the entranceway. Often , elaborate
door and window trim is left in place years after the old banks
have closed, with the buildings being converted to stores, churches
and even homes. The photo on the top left shows where the old lettering
above the doorway of this bank was removed. |
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| Usually when you find a business
strip in Baltimore, located near a old manufacturing hub, you'll find
a closed up bank building. This old bank building, currently being
used as a church, is located on Poplar Grove Street, about a block north
of Edmondson Avenue. Across the street, back in the day, was the
Astor ( Poplar ) Theatre, which is currently used as a food store.
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| This West
Baltimore Street bank was once a Mercantile Bank and later
changed over and was operated by Carrollton Bank at 1201 West
Baltimore Street . The building still looking great and
seems to be in excellent shape, currently being used by a church.
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A small Calvert Bank branch at the corner of West
Baltimore Street and North Carey Street . The building has been
used for years as a church, and if you have really good eyes, you
can still read the slogan " We Accept Small Deposits " just above
the doorway, as seen in the photo on the below.
For a few years, the building was also used by Fidelty and Baltimore
National Bank as a branch office. ........................................................................ 
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| Frederick Road and the Irvington neighborhood
have plenty of history. The old Irvington street car garage, and
the Irvington Theatre, just to name a few. This old bank closed a few
years back, but when I had to chance to peek inside a few years
back, the interior was still quite a sight to look at. I'm not sure
what the building is being used for these days.
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| .......Commercial Bank of Maryland on
Park Heights Avenue, just south of Belvedere Avenue.
I'm not quite sure what the building
is used for these days. |
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| ..... One of many old bank branch offices
long since converted to other uses in Baltimore
City. This building is on the corner of North Avenue and
St Paul Street and is currently used as a church. The building had been
used by the West Baltimore Building and Loan Assn , later
known as Heritage. There were many bank branches along North Avenue,
and most are still standing, although all to other uses. |
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| The bank building
above left is at the intersection of
North Avenue and Maryland Avenue, and while one of many
favorite old banks, I can never seem to get a good photo of
the old building. ........................................................ 
.......The two story building above right and below is found on the northeast corner of North Charles Street and North Avenue, and was once a Park Bank branch. The stone details around the entrance are nice and the building seems to be in good condition. I have no idea what the building is being used for these days. |
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| .....Maryland Trust Company branch office
on Park Heights Avenue, back in the 1950's. To the
above right, that building as it looks today,
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An old
bank building in downtown Hampden, in northern Baltimore City. The
building is currently used as a comic book store. |
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| ......Until recently, this old branch was still being operated by the bank, in the 3100 block of Greenmount Avenue. Hey, at least it still has a ATM attached to the front. The interior has been converted into a carry out and grill. Below, another recently closed bank branch, this time on Harford Road in Hamilton. |
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| Recently renovated
and still being used as offices, this old bank sits on the northwest
corner of York Road and Homeland Avenue, in Northeast Baltimore City.
Back in the 1930's, it was listed as a Union Trust branch, the Govans
Office. |
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| ......Madison Square Permanent Building Association
bank building. Patterson Park Avenue just north
of Gay Street. Building stands to this day and is used
as a church........ |
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Northeast
Baltimore City still has plenty of the old buildings from the 1920's
still standing and in excellent condition. To the left, you can see the old Harford
Rd. Building Assn Inc building, as it stands, in 2007 . Below left, going back to the late 1960's, the Madison & Bradford Northeastern Boheiman bank, located on Harford Road north of Northern Parkway. Below, The Library Perm. Bldg.Assoc.building on Belair Road. |
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- Canton Savings Bank, also known as Canton National
Bank. I'm not quite sure what the old Canton Savings Bank is being used for these days, but the building is still standing and looks great at the intersection of Elliott and Clinton Streets, in Southeast Baltimore City, in an area of Baltimore City that has really been doing well.The bank has stone coins on the side of it and the motto " Money is Power ". At least they were honest. ..................... 
Below Left - Citizens Alliance Building Assoc. in Fell's Point on Eastern Avenue. Below - Located one block to the West of the Citizens Alliance building, you will find the Kosciuszki Savings Bank, also on Eastern Aveue, which appears to still be a bank, open and operating. |
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| .. ........................ Thanks to Skip &
Brilliner for the information ! The old Clifton Savings Bank AKA Clifton Trust Bank . The building is on Gay Street, a few blocks north of Johns Hopkins Hospital. The " triangle bank " was given it's odd shape due to the intersecting of North Gay Street and Chase Street, at Broadway . |
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One of the nicer looking banks in downtown, this M&T branch on Howard Street at Monument Street. |
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A few of the " suburban area " branches to pop up over the years . Above left, the Pikesville People's bank, in Baltimore County. Also in Baltimore County, Towson National Bank, ( above ) , and to the left, Arundel Federal Savings and Loan in Brooklyn. ............... 
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| Hmmmmmmm. I could use some
help here. I have some information on these buildings,
but need more before these go into the correct sections as
banks. Any information on these buildings, or any others on
this page, or some I missed , and I'm sure there are plenty, would
be greatly appreciated ! |
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This might have been an old bank,
I'm not sure the history, or why someone decided to
save the facade of this old building on West Baltimore
Street, a few blocks to the West of downtown. ( 2011 ) The mystery deepens, as a emailer was kind enough to send a picture of Baltimore Street around 1920 and it almost seems to have been a garage or firehouse. .................................. 
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Perhaps a old bank front, in the 1500 block of East North Avenue ? |
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This one has me stumped, is it an old bank ? This 1920's style building, on the southeast corner of North Avenue and Maryland Avenue is a odd looking addition to the buildings in the block. |
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| ........This old building can be found on
Reisterstown Road, just north of Belvedere. Used for years as a animal
hospital, I have a feeling, by the style of the front of the building,
that it was once a bank. I'm still researching this one. |
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| Located on East Baltimore Street,
I have been told it was once a bank, any ideas which
one ? The old clock has long since been removed and the building
is a store to this day, although the stained glass windows are
still intact ! I heard from one emailer
who believes this may have been a Midstate Savings and Loan office.
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| The building above, on East Madison Street , looks
like it once used as a bank. Any ideas ? To the above right, a old bank building
currently used as a church on West North Avenue. Below, a old bank branch building , next to
it's replacement building, on East Monument Street .
Below right, this building
has me puzzled, on East Madison Street, near Central Avenue.
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Another mystery bank building
on Liberty Heights Avenue left . Anyone have any ideas ? |
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.......................................................................................My favorite" long gone bank ""........ .............................................................................National Exchange Bank on Liberty Street ..................................................................Torn down to make make for the Baltimore Civic Center. |
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.........1964 Ad for Baltimore's Atlantic Federal Bank. |
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..........................That same bank building today, 2010 |
.....Neat Little Art Deco bank on Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown . |
Another survivor over the years on Pennsylvania Avenue just north of Laurens. |
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............................................Fidelity Trust Company ad, Baltimore Maryland l Circa 1923 |
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