Quaker City Landmark on the Auction Block
QUAKER CITY – One of the most prominent and important buildings in Quaker City will go on the auction block later this month.
Faulk Auctions will sell the storied 8,300 square foot former bank building located at 180 Broadway Street at 6 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, with an inspection date a week before on Wednesday, August 19, from 4-6 p.m.
The Quaker City National Bank opened on August 1, 1872, in a brick building on Main Street. In 1910, the institution moved into a new, raised basement, two-story structure where locals transacted business for the next 84 years.
In addition to the bank, the building also housed a drug store for many decades, while the second story served as the home for the Quaker City Masonic Lodge.
Local control and ownership of the bank ended in the early 1970s. At about the same time, a branch bank was opened on Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge.
The bank was renamed Columbus National Bank in February 1990. The Quaker City office closed at the end of 1994, relocating the main office to Cambridge on January 1, 1995, after the company acquired other banks including Flushing-based Citizens National Bank.
The company merged into Wheeling National Bank the following year, becoming part of WesBanco by 2002.
After the bank’s departure, the building housed a variety of retail businesses as well as a restaurant in the former drug store.
More information on the auction may be found online.
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