Bank of Gowanda (AKA: Persia Town Hall) - Gowanda, New York
Posted by: Szuchie
N 42° 27.775 W 078° 56.133
17T E 669731 N 4703240
Gowanda's historic Bank (and now Town Hall) was built in 1914 and serves as the introductory structure to the Town's historic district.
Waymark Code: WM3A54
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2008
Views: 6
The former Bank of Gowanda building is a distinctive, representative example of Beaux-Arts inspired Neoclassical style architecture in the small village of Gowanda, Cattaraugus County, New York. Built in 1914 to the designs of Edvard Moeller, the two-story building is embellished with a vocabulary of Neoclassical architectural details, that, in combination with the masonary elements of the facade, are characteristic of bank architecture in the early twentieth century. Despite the conversion of the bank into the Persia Town Hall in 1966, the building retains its historic interior configuration and numerous features and finishes. The Bank of Gowanda continues, as it has since its completion, to form the visual anchor of the downtown business district at the intersection of Jamestown and West Main Street and remains one of the more dinstinguished works of early twentieth century architecture in Gowanda.
Source: NRHP Records Archive.
Street address: 8 W. Main St Gowanda, NY USA 14070
County / Borough / Parish: Cattaraugus
Year listed: 2001
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Historic function: Commerce/Trade
Current function: Government
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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