1884 - Winsor and Snover Bank Building - Port Austin, MI
N 44° 02.680 W 082° 59.623
17T E 340274 N 4878766
Winsor and Snover Bank Building is a NRHP listed former bank that was built in 1884 in Port Austin, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM18ADC
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2023
Views: 1
In 1884 Richard Winsor and Horace Snover built a sturdy, fireproof bank to serve Port Austin's burgeoning agricultural community. The two-story red brick building was the center of Winsor and Snovers leading banking, real estate, and insurance business for an entire ten years. In 1894, former Michigan governor Albert E. Sleeper purchased the building and housed in it the new Port Austin State Bank.
In the years following, the building also housed the Port Austin Township Library, a dentist office, and a bicycle repair shop. 73 years later, in 1957, the Port Austin State Bank moved to its new location a block east of the Winsor Snover Bank Building, leaving it abandoned for the succeeding 25 years. In 1982, Tony & Marilyn Berry rescued the building from its abandonment by taking on the challenge of restoring and converting the old bank into a restaurant. The Bank 1884 Food & Spirits opened its doors on July 18th, 1984, one hundred years after Winsor and Snover first opened their doors to the same building.-
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