Thursday, January 17, 2008

Farmer's National Bank in Boyertown, PA, was at the corner of East Philadelphia Avenue and Washington Street.

Like many banks, it's changed hands over the years. It's now M&T Bank, as you can see by the sign that covers the engraved name on the building's facade.

This is the bank my grandmother has always used. The interior is pure nostalga, with granite and marble. When you walk through the outside columns, you feel like you're walking into a "real" bank.

Online research shows Farmers’ National Bank of Boyertown was organized on March 20, 1883. According to this article, the bank was originally in the same building as the Rhoads Opera House, so it would follow that the bank building pictured was built after the fire. The article was in a biography book of 1898, so the fire isn't mentioned.

On the top left of the building you can see the alarm system. Near the bottom right you can see a Fallout Shelter sign. On the left you can see the drive-through, which has two spaces, and a small parking lot.

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