This is a five-story Commercial style building situated on the northwest corner of Commercial and State streets. It was constructed in 1909. It is a reinforced concrete building with a white pressed brick front, surfaced in black granite at the street level, with a storefront entrance at the north end of the building. There are no awnings or canopies on the building. It has a projecting cornice with large medallion blocks and carved brackets as well as a torus molding belt course between the fourth and fifth floors. All ornamental work is cast stone. The windows have been replaced with aluminum, but the fenestration pattern remains on the second through fifth floors, and consisting of single flat arched openings and stone sills. The west and south side windows have segmental arched openings and double hung windows, some of wood, most with aluminum sash. #bank #downtown #historic #Salem
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