First National Bank and Trust Building (Lima, Ohio)

Coordinates: 40°44′24″N 84°6′20″W / 40.74000°N 84.10556°W / 40.74000; -84.10556
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First National Bank and Trust Building
MPS
Lima MRA
NRHP reference No.82001351[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1982

The First National Bank and Trust Building is a historic building on Public Square in downtown

Weary & Alford Company,[1] an architectural firm from Chicago. It was the location of the offices of the First National Bank and Trust Company from 1926 until 1974, when the company became a part of Huntington Bank.[2] The structure's twelve stories are faced with Indiana Limestone. Each column of windows is topped with an arch window on the highest floor, and the spandrels between the arch windows are connected to each other.[2]

Founded as the "Lima Trust Company" in 1903, the First National Bank and Trust used a

Multiple Property Submission that concentrated on architecturally significant buildings in or near downtown Lima.[3]
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Aside from its importance as a historic site, the First National Bank and Trust Building plays a leading part in local ornithology: the building is a nesting site for peregrine falcons and is part of the Midwest Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 10-11.
  3. ^ a b Hopkins, Phyllis G. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lima Multiple Resource Area. National Park Service, 1980-05-15. Accessed 2010-04-28.
  4. ^ "Ohio's Peregrine Falcons". Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. 2006. Archived from the original on 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  5. ^ "USA & International Sightings". Canadian Peregrine Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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