The diminutive former Brookline Savings Bank building on Washington Street in Brookline Village is in stark contrast in scale and design from the 1965 Brookline Town Hall down the street. The building committee hired Franz Joseph Untersee, a Swiss-born architect who settled in Brookline, to furnish designs for their new bank, which opened in November 1898. Covered in Indiana limestone, the Beaux Arts style bank building features a modest, three-bay facade that is adorned by large round arched windows surrounded by an egg-and-dart motif, and an elaborate pediment with acanthus leaf and a central eagle in copper. Like many local banks, the Brookline Savings Bank saw a series of acquisitions and mergers throughout the 20th century, and this small bank building was sold. Today, the former Brookline Savings Bank on Washington Street is occupied by a church.
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Well thank you. I’ve spent a lot of time standing across the street (where Town Hall and the Library are) wondering what this building which is the most interesting one in Brookline Village at least to me was built to be. Now I know! Sarah B, Guest Perry
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Oh I will! Boringly I mostly go to Brookline Village to go to the library and then walk down to the bus and go home. Will have to walk down Davis Avenue next time. They have a wonderful old firestation too that I once walked past to go to a client’s home and give her an estimate (I have a chair caning service) but haven’t walked that way since.
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It’s a great area! Also check out Linden Street and Square!
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