1964
GUSN-169740
The bank that stood in Thompson, Conn., since 1835, was emphatically horizontal in design, perfectly conveying the sense of mass and solidarity that a bank should possess. The banking company moved to Putnam, Conn., in 1893. In 1963, Old Sturbridge Village acquired the building and moved it to Sturbridge for restoration as an early-19th-century bank in the museum village.
Article ID 116
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1964.054.196.003
The bank that stood in Thompson, Conn., since 1835, was emphatically horizontal in design, perfectly conveying the sense of mass and solidarity that a bank should possess. The banking company moved to Putnam, Conn., in 1893. In 1963, Old Sturbridge Village acquired the building and moved it to Sturbridge for restoration as an early-19th-century bank in the museum village.
Volume 54, Number 196 (Spring, 1964)
John Obed Curtis (Author)
(1964). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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