Pioneer State Bank No. 36

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Pioneer State Bank No. 36
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Pioneer State Bank No. 36 (the United States)
Location4046 Huron Street (M-90)
North Branch, Michigan
Coordinates 43°13′45″N83°11′36″W / 43.22917°N 83.19333°W / 43.22917; -83.19333 Coordinates: 43°13′45″N83°11′36″W / 43.22917°N 83.19333°W / 43.22917; -83.19333
Built1906
ArchitectDillon Clark, Alverton Munger
Architectural style Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference # 82002846 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 22, 1982
Designated MSHSOctober 23, 1979 [2]

The Pioneer State Bank No. 36 is a bank building located at 4046 Huron Street (M-90) in the village of North Branch in North Branch Township in northern Lapeer County, Michigan. The bank stands as the oldest bank institution in North Branch. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site on October 23, 1979 and later added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1982. [1] [2]

Bank financial institution

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M-90 (Michigan highway) highway in Michigan, United States

M-90 is a state trunkline highway in The Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from near North Branch eastward to Lexington situated on Lake Huron. The highway is a lightly traveled roadway that runs through rural farmlands. The trunkline runs mostly east–west with two short north–south segments where it turns to run concurrently with other state highways. Along the routing, there are two river crossings and one railroad crossing.

North Branch, Michigan Village in Michigan, United States

North Branch is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,033 at the 2010 census. The village is located within North Branch Township.

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History

Pioneer State Bank was founded in 1885. In 1889, by Frederick C. Ballard, a prominent local investor and financier, helped reorganize the bank. In 1902, Ballard's son Charles commissioned architects Dillon Clark and Alverton Munger of Bay City to design this building. In 1903 he purchased the present site for the new building, and construction was completed in 1906. The structure continues to operate as an independent bank. [2]

Bay City, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Bay City is a city in Bay County, Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area. The city, along with nearby Midland and Saginaw, form the Greater Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan, which has more recently been called the Great Lakes Bay Region.

Description

The Pioneer State Bank building is a simple, rectangular, two-story brick building in the style of Renaissance Revival architecture. [2] It measures 24 feet by 79 feet. The main facade has a classically-inspired first floor door enframement, flanked by pilasters and capped by a pediment. A single large window is to one side. Three one-over-one double hung windows with limestone lintels are arranged symmetrically on the second floor. Brick quoins decorate the corner, and limestone beltcourses at the first and second story levels, and the brick cornice line, continue around from the front to first bay of the side facade. The remaining five bays are simpler in design. [3]

Renaissance Revival architecture many 19th-century architectural revival styles

Renaissance Revival architecture is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes. Under the broad designation "Renaissance architecture" nineteenth-century architects and critics went beyond the architectural style which began in Florence and central Italy in the early 15th century as an expression of Humanism; they also included styles we would identify as Mannerist or Baroque. Self-applied style designations were rife in the mid- and later nineteenth century: "Neo-Renaissance" might be applied by contemporaries to structures that others called "Italianate", or when many French Baroque features are present.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 4, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 State of Michigan (2009). "Pioneer State Bank No. 36" . Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  3. ↑ Charles C. Cotman (February 8, 1982), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Pioneer State Bank No. 36
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