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Charlestown in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank

 
 
Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marc Belanger, April 11, 2010
1. Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank Marker
Inscription.
When it was constructed in 1876, this bank was the most important commercial building in Charlestown. It was designed by Moffette and Tolman in the High Victorian Gothic Style. The building also housed Charlestown’s Masonic Lodge on its top three floors.

A Designated Boston Landmark
The Boston Landmarks Commission
City of Boston
The Bostonian Society

 
Erected by The Bostonian Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.
 
Location. 42° 22.512′ N, 71° 3.821′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Charlestown. It is at the intersection of Warren Street and Dexter Row, on the right when traveling north on Warren Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Thompson Square, Charlestown MA 02129, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World,
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and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John Hurd House (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Freedom Trail (about 700 feet away); Massachusetts Gate (about 700 feet away); Deacon Larkin House (about 700 feet away); United States Gate (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Decisive Day has come on which the fate of America depends... (approx. 0.2 miles away); You are now my enemy and I am yours... (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bunker Hill Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
 
Also see . . .  Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank (Wikipedia). (Submitted on March 29, 2023, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marc Belanger, April 11, 2010
2. Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank
Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marc Belanger, April 11, 2010
3. Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank
Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marc Belanger, April 11, 2010
4. Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2023, by Marc Belanger of Reno, Nevada. This page has been viewed 604 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 26, 2023, by Marc Belanger of Reno, Nevada. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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