{"nrhp_refnum":"78002469","name":"Anthracite Bank Building","other_names":["The Beard Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 W. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tamaqua","county":"Schuylkill County","state":"PA","lat":40.79730196500003,"lon":-75.97260305099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, three-bay brick commercial building at 133 West Broad Street in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, erected in 1850. It housed Tamaqua's first financial institution, the Anthracite Bank, until 1865.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its nineteenth-century occupants and as an example of mid-19th-century architecture. It is described as one of the very few pre-Civil War commercial buildings in Tamaqua that have escaped alteration, and it retains original interior features including carrara marble mantles, plaster ceiling decoration, and original shutters.","narrative":"Built in 1850 in Tamaqua, a coal borough in Schuylkill County, this three-story brick commercial building was erected to house the exchange rooms and offices of the Anthracite Bank, the town's first banking institution. The bank operated here for fifteen years until 1865, when its state charter was surrendered and it reorganized as the First National Bank of Tamaqua, moving to a new building on West Broad Street. The building later housed the Tamaqua Building and Loan Company, several law firms, and insurance brokers, and for a time served as the residence of General Henry L. Cake, a Civil War veteran and coal colliery owner. Its stucco first-story facade, bracketed cornice, and tall narrow windows reflect the Italianate style. The building is regarded as a rare survivor of pre-Civil War commercial construction in the borough, with its interior mantles, plaster ceiling, staircase, and original shutters largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1850-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently a branch of Moners National Bank of Pottsville on the first floor, with the upper floors maintained as a private residence and first-floor offices occupied by a newspaper publisher.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:28.737262-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002469.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002469/c96b9f6cf7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002469/c96b9f6cf7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthracite_Bank_Bldg_-_Tamaqua,_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthracite_Bank_Bldg_-_Tamaqua,_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite_Bank_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4773830"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/anthracite-bank-building-78002469/"}