{"nrhp_refnum":"79000361","name":"Winchester Savings Bank","other_names":["state survey no.:131"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26 Mt. Vernon St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.45337118800006,"lon":-71.13493822499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick Romanesque Revival bank building at 26 Mt. Vernon Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, built in 1892 and designed by W.E. and E.K. Blaikie.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an excellent example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style adapted to a small-scale structure. It was also the first building in Winchester used only for banking. The bank itself, founded in 1871, was the town's first.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at the corner of Mount Vernon Street and Winchester Place, this small bank building sits in Winchester's central business district. It is a one-story red brick structure on a rough-faced sandstone foundation, with sandstone trim, a multi-gabled slate roof, a tall corbeled chimney, and a round sandstone tower with a conical roof. The entrance is recessed within a barrel vault carried on paired columns. Architects William E. and Edwin K. Blaikie, brothers with a Boston office who did most of their work in the suburbs, designed it. The bank was founded in 1871 as the first in Winchester, serving a growing population of factory workers and commuters to Boston. After outgrowing a rented room and later rented space in the Brown and Stanton Block, it bought this site around 1890. The building was the first in town used only for banking. A rear vault ell was added in 1936, and side pavilions in 1964-65. It is valued as a good small-scale example of Richardsonian Romanesque design.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"W.E. and E.K. Blaikie","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque / Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in good condition and altered; additions made in 1936 and 1964-65 are described as sympathetic to the original character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.613837-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/7956/63795680/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/79000361.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000361/bbc11bdf1e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000361/bbc11bdf1e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_WinchesterSavingsBank.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinchesterMA_WinchesterSavingsBank.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795680","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Savings_Bank","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8023855"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/winchester-savings-bank-79000361/"}