June 24, 1991
The Terra Alta Bank leaves its historic downtown building
After 98 years in its 1893 building, the Terra Alta Bank opened a modern facility on State Route 7 on June 24, 1991. In June 1993, the former bank building was sold to the Preston County Historical Society for ten dollars and became the Preston County History House.
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National Register of Historic Places nomination, Terra Alta Bank (1997), section 8, p. 3; Charles A. Thomas, Preston County (1998), p. 57
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