Mystic Bank

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Mystic Bank
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Location39 Main St., Old Mystic, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°23′25″N71°57′36″W / 41.39028°N 71.96000°W / 41.39028; -71.96000 Coordinates: 41°23′25″N71°57′36″W / 41.39028°N 71.96000°W / 41.39028; -71.96000
Arealess than one acre
Built1856 (1856)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference # 14000476 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2014

The Mystic Bank is a historic commercial building at 39 Main Street in the Old Mystic village of Stonington, Connecticut. Built in 1856 for a bank founded in 1833, it was used by the town as a meeting hall after the bank closed in 1884, and now houses offices. It is a good example of a small 19th-century Greek Revival brick bank building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]

Old Mystic, Connecticut Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States

Old Mystic is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,554 at the 2010 census.

Stonington, Connecticut Town in Connecticut, United States

The town of Stonington is located in New London County, Connecticut in the state's southeastern corner. It includes the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic. The population of the town was 18,545 at the 2010 census.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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Description and history

The former Mystic Bank building is located in the center of Old Mystic Village, on the west side of Main Street south of its junction with Old Mystic Center Road. It is a modest single-story brick building, with a gabled roof and granite foundation. The main facade is three bays wide, topped by a pedimented gable. Each bay is set in a round-arch recess, with rectangular sash windows in the outer bays and the main entrance in the center bay. Each are topped by stone lintels, with brickwork filling the rounded arch above. The interior retains virtually all of its original finishes, including woodwork, plaster, and flooring; the original bank vault is also still present. [2]

The Mystic Bank was founded in 1833 by a consortium of local businessmen as a service to the local shipbuilding community and the surrounding rural areas. The bank flourished, and was able to build this building in 1856 to accommodate its expanded business. Mystic's economic center, however, had begun to shift south to the Mystic Bridge area (now Mystic), and the bank closed in 1887. The town of Stonington acquired the building soon afterward, and used it as a district meeting hall and polling place. These uses ended about 1960. The building was again repurposed, this time to house the Indian and Colonial Research Center, a museum displaying a collection of native and colonial-era artifacts. [2]

Mystic Bridge Historic District historic district in Mystic, Connecticut

The Mystic Bridge Historic District is a historic district in the village of Mystic, Connecticut on the Stonington side of the Mystic River. It includes the Mystic Seaport Museum, whose grounds and floating vessels represent the area's history, and the 1924 Mystic River Bascule Bridge. The district is significant as a well-preserved shipbuilding and maritime village of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Mystic, Connecticut Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States

Mystic is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Groton and Stonington, Connecticut; it has no independent government because it is not a municipality in the state of Connecticut.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Mystic Bank" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-03-22.