{"nrhp_refnum":"85003518","name":"Potters National Bank","other_names":["Smith Auto Parts and Speed"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Broadway and Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Liverpool","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.61700755900006,"lon":-80.57751531799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story brick former bank building at Broadway and Fourth Street in downtown East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, completed in 1882 and later known as Smith Auto Parts & Speed.","why_significant":"It is argued to be significant in commercial history as the original location of Potters National Bank, which remains one of the community's major financial institutions. It is also the only surviving late 19th century bank building and a rare local example of late Victorian commercial architecture. Its decorative detailing and eclectic style distinguish it from the Neo-Classical bank buildings of the early 20th century.","narrative":"Standing at Broadway and Fourth Street in downtown East Liverpool, this 2½-story brick building was constructed in 1882 for Potters National Bank, which had been organized the year before. Its details include a corner entrance with the bank's initials carved in stone, dormers with roof cresting, a bracketed cornice and decorative brick and stonework. Later alterations enclosed the first-floor windows and door openings and changed the second-floor window sash, but the form, openings, cornice, roofline, dormers and cresting remain intact, and the changes are considered reversible. The building matters for two reasons. It was the first home of a bank that remains one of the community's important financial institutions, and it is the only surviving bank building from the late 19th century. It is also a rare local example of late Victorian commercial architecture, since nearly all others were lost to fire or demolition. Its ornate style contrasts with the Neo-Classical banks built in the early 1900s. The building is recorded as vacant and in poor condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"High Victorian (late Victorian commercial)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant, with exterior condition poor and endangered by neglect; first-floor openings were enclosed and second-floor window sash changed, though the alterations are described as reversible.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.156434-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85003518.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003518/39070b5688-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003518/39070b5688-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Potters_National_Bank,_East_Liverpool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Potters_National_Bank,_East_Liverpool.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01000591","name":"East Liverpool Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/east-liverpool-downtown-historic-district-01000591/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984554","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters_National_Bank","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7235319"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/potters-national-bank-85003518/"}