and this building made his reputation. it was something that even came up in models. people would talk about the famous bank of pennsylvania by benjamin latrobe. now if we could have the next slide. unfortunately, our destructive efforts as americans resulted in the demolition. here we are in 1872. this slide gives you some indication of how large the bank was. it was being demolished for reasons that i have never been clear about. but ultimately, it ended up this particular block as a parking lot. something of a sad indication of taste and what we believe is important. go on to the next slide. here is the famous charles wilson peale portrait of latrobe which was painted while he was living in philadelphia. latrobe was a great friend of the peale family. the peales ran museums, etc. and this is a portrait that is now in the white house. latrobe was an architect who couldn t see very well [laughter] glasses were very essential to his career. it seems
Samuel Gamble Bayne, a resident of Bradford in the late 1800s, may be best remembered in Pennsylvania lore as the founder of the First National Bank of Bradford in 1880.
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