Father Pitt in Sharon

Tag: Art Deco

  • First Western Bank Building

    First Western Bank Building

    This impressive Art Deco block, built in about 1930, is all the more impressive for its location, right on the Shenango River at the western end of the State Street bridge.

    First Western Bank building
    Eagle reliefs
    State Street face
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  • Protected Home Circle Building

    Protected Home Circle building

    Walker & Weeks, the Cleveland architects responsible for the Federal Reserve Bank in Pittsburgh, designed this Art Deco palace, built in 1936 for a fraternal insurance company based in Sharon. It is very unfortunate that the cap of the tower had to be rebuilt recently; the decorative chevrons in the brickwork apparently could not be duplicated, so the cap was rebuilt with plain flat surfaces. But downtown Sharon’s signature building is still an imposing and attractive sight as we cross the Shenango from the west.

    River front elevation
    Plaque: 1936, Protected Home Circle, Organized 1886
    Tower
    Eagle emblem
    Protected Home Circle Building
    River side entrance
    State Street end of the building
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  • 42 East State Street

    42 East State Street

    The simple but striking and colorful Art Deco terra-cotta front attracted old Pa Pitt’s attention.