HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY BUILDING AND STRUCTURES Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc, P.O.Box 185 Norwich, CT 06360	This Building sponsored by Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc.
Building Name: Dime Savings Bank	Historic Name: Dime Savings Bank
Town/City: Norwich	County: New London
Address:31-5	Street: Broadway
Owners:Dime Savings Bank Broadway, Norwich	Private
Present Use: Bank	Historic Use Bank
Exterior is viewable to public	Interior is accessible	Explain: Open during banking hours
Style of Building: Neo-classical	Construction Date: 1927
Materials	Structural System Load Bearing Masonry
Roof
Stories: 1	Dimensions: 35' X 70'
Structural Condition: Excellent	Exterior Condition: Excellent
Outbuildings:
Environment: commercial

Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings: The Díme Savings Bank is much smaller in scale than the buildings on either side. The arches relate well to those of the Central Building ( K-9 ) next door. It is part of a closely-knit streetscape on Lower Broadway.

Features: The facade features paired Ionic pilasters on either side which support an entablature and cornice on which is set a parapet Between the pilasters, three round - arched openings contain a central door flanked by large glass windows. The arches have mlded keystones. The double doors in the central arch of bronze and glass. Above the doors is a hood supported by consoles. The upper part of the opening is occupied by a window.

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Importance:

This is the third downtown building occupied by the Dime Savings Bank since its founding in 186 9. The Dime Savings Bank was one of the smaller downtown banks, and continues in operation to the present. The current building is the first one to have been built specifically for the bank.

Stylistically, the Dime Savings Bank is reminiscent of the more imposing series of banks built on Shetucket Street and the Chelsea Savings Bank at Main and Cliff Streets. Its restrained design complements many of the earlier buildings along lower Broadway.

Sources: Building Evaluation Form, c. 1979
Norwich City Directories
Norwich The Rose of New England Souvenir BooK of Ten Broadcasts, Bullletin, Co., Norwich, 1930 p 59
O ' Keefe, Marion and Doroshevich C. S. Norwich Hisotric Homes and Families 1967, p. 10.
Sanborn Map Co. Insurance Maps of Norwich Ct., New York, 1926 (additions to 1948).

Evaluations:

Threats Private