The Harris House was
erected in 1842 on the present site of the Niles Trust Company.
Photo dated September 1866. PO1.425
Pictured L-R are:
Martha J.Robbins, Sarah A.Pew, Hannah M.Taylor, A.F.Harris,
C.G.Harris, Mrs. James Harris, F.W.Harris and H.J.Harris. |
Landmark
Corner of Downtown Niles
Of the 54 lots platted in 1834, James and
Warren Heaton owned 23 parcels including the lot at the intersection
of South Main Street and West James Street ( now Park Avenue).
From 1842-1865 the building, located on this
site, served as a hotel. It became the Harris family residence
from 1865-1905. From then until 1920 it was used for various businesses
and storage. At that time it was sold by the Harris heirs to the
Niles Trust Company and was demolished in 1929.
It was to become the site of the first Niles
mini-skyscraper-The Niles Trust Company Bank Building.
To learn more about the Harris Family story,
Click Here.
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The corner of South Main Street and West Park
Avenue showing the newspaper stand, the Lor-A-Lee diner in the
right-hand back, the tower of the old City Building, the advertisement
is on the side of Krieger's Pool Hall.
Later, Reisman's would build between Krieger's
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Photo of newsboys in front of the Niles magazine
and newspaper store at the corner of South Main Street and West
Park Avenue.
Photo taken November 19, 1929 before
the newspaper stand was torn down prior to the construction of
the Niles Trust Company. |
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Photograph of an early advertisement of the officers
of one of the first banks in Niles. The First National Bank was
the forerunner of the Niles Trust Co.
This advertisement is dated 1895. |
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Niles Tallest
Building
The construction of the mini-skyscraper by the
Niles Trust Company on the site of the former Harris residence
began on November 25, 1929 and was completed in 1930.
A pictorial record of the construction was made
by P.T. Alfonsi, a Niles photographer who eventually
had his portrait studio located in the bank building. |
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A series of photographs documenting
the various stages of the construction of the Niles Trust Company
Building. |
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Left top: Photograph of the beginning of the
vault inside the Niles Trust Co.
Left bottom: Photograph taken of the safety deposit
vault in the Niles Trust Company. |
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Center: Front view, dated March 13, 1930, of
the nearly-complete bank building.
Right: Rear view of the bank building taken from
the Police and Fire Department building . |
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Left: Photograph of the interior
staircase leading up to the balcony from the main lobby of the
Niles Trust Company on opening day.
Thr bank was completed in the
Art-Deco style popular in the 1920's and 1930's. Heavy use of
deep colored marble and shining bronze is evident throughout
the building.
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Middle and right: Photograph of
the main lobby in the Niles Trust Company on opening day.
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Left: Photograph taken after completion
of the Niles Trust Company building in 1930.
Exterior frontage and large front doors fabricated
in the Art-Deco style.
Photograph of the exterior of the National City
Bank building in Niles, Ohio dated March, 1989.
Formerly known as the Niles Trust Company, it
was constructed in 1929-30 and stands on the southwest corner
of South Main and West Park Streets.
Between the Holeton building, occupied by Kreiger’s
Pool Hall, and the bank a new building was erected and occupied
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The 1961 occupants of
the bank building by room number.
Basement-Mary Loise Megert Dance Studio
302 Dr. Abraham Hoodin
303 Niles Community Corporation
304 Dr. I. E. Benis
305 Dr. Sam Jaffe
306 American Red Cross
307, Dr. R. G. Davis
308-10 Martha Jaynes’ Beauty School
401 Mansell Insurance Agency
402 Paul Moritz
403 Wilson Insurance Agency
404 General Adj Bureau
405 vacant
406 Clare Westenfield
409 Credit Bureau of Niles
409 Trumbull Credit Bureau
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501 Kinderman Stl M Equip
502-3 Mitchell Shaker
504 vacant
505 Brown Adj Co
506 Baringer & Co
507 MacQueen & MacQueen
508 Johnson Agency
509 vacant
601-2 Dr. Nick and Tony Altiero
603 Longberry Employment Svc
605-08 SV Wilder, Wilder MFG Co, Wilder products Co.
609-10 vacant
Penthouse-Niles Area Chamber of Commerce. |
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