Terra Alta Bank
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| Location | 109 E. Washington St., Terra Alta, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Italianate |
| 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]
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Categories:
- History museums in West Virginia
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Italianate architecture in West Virginia
- Commercial buildings completed in 1893
- Buildings and structures in Preston County, West Virginia
- Defunct banks based in West Virginia
- Museums in Preston County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Preston County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
