Bristol Savings Bank (1873)

The brick commercial building at 242-244 Main Street in Bristol was built c. 1873 to house the Bristol Savings Bank. Organized in 1870 by Miles Lewis Peck, the bank was previously located in a building that was destroyed by fire in 1873. Bristol town offices were housed on the upper floor of the building until the turn of the century. The space was then occupied by the Bristol Chamber of Commerce. The building is now home to The Shaffer Company, Inc., a mechanical contracting company founded in 1890.

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Bristol Savings Bank (1873)

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  • December 14, 2015 at 11:52 am
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    I’m wondering if this might have been the building where Earl J. Arnold worked as Secretary of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s.

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