{"nrhp_refnum":"02000068","name":"Second National Bank of Meyersdale","other_names":["Gallatin National Bank","Meyersdale Borough Buildinjg"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"151 Center St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Meyersdale","county":"Somerset County","state":"PA","lat":39.81464929100008,"lon":-79.02616225099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1909 Classical Revival style bank building at the corner of Center and Main Streets in the business district of Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, designed by Cumberland, Maryland architect Wright Butler.","why_significant":"The building is regarded as the most prominent Classical Revival bank in Meyersdale and an early example of stone-faced, temple-form small-town banks in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is also associated with the commercial growth of Meyersdale during the 1900-1920 industrial boom, and it remained a central institution in the town's business life.","narrative":"Built in 1909 on a corner lot in the business district of Meyersdale, this Classical Revival bank has limestone walls on its Center Street and Main Street elevations and brick on the rear sides. Its three-bay Center Street facade has round Ionic columns supporting a large pediment, and the Main Street side is five bays long. Designed by Cumberland, Maryland architect Wright Butler, the building has a two-story banking room with a white glazed brick vault and ornamental plaster coffers. The bank was founded in 1901 by a group of local businessmen led by merchant Cyrus W. Truxal. It served as a central institution in the town during its period of commercial expansion. The building is valued for its architecture: it is among the few stone-faced Classical Revival banks in Somerset County, and its design is linked to nearby courthouse and bank precedents.","period_of_significance":"1909-1951","architect_builder":"Wright Butler (architect)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated interior returned to its 1909 configuration in 1999-2000 by Somerset Trust Company; recently back in service as a bank.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.67039-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000068.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000068/b7f91bd3ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000068/b7f91bd3ef-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_National_Bank_of_Meyersdale.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_National_Bank_of_Meyersdale.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996516","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_National_Bank_of_Meyersdale","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7443432"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/somerset-county/second-national-bank-of-meyersdale-02000068/"}