| Berwyn State Bank Building | |
| Coordinates: | 41.8329°N -87.7931°W |
| Completion Date: | 1929 |
| Opened Date: | June 7, 1930 |
| Floor Count: | 5 |
| Floor Area: | 41780square feet |
| Architect: | Charles Osborne Liska |
The Berwyn State Bank Building is an Art Deco office building at 6804 Windsor Avenue, Berwyn, Illinois. It was designed by Charles O. Liska and was built at a cost of $400,000 in 1929.[1] [2] It is a Berwyn Historic Landmark.[3]
The Berwyn State Bank, which was founded in 1909, opened the building on June 7, 1930.[2] It occupied the building’s second floor.[1] For many years, Schoen–McAllister, a dry goods store, was located on the ground floor.[4] [5] [6] Much of the fifth floor was leased to physicians.[4]
The Berwyn State Bank purchased the property where the building stands on November 25, 1914.[2] Title to the building was transferred to the Berwyn State Company on May 27, 1930, and the Oak Park Federal Savings Bank on June 1, 1930.[2] The Berwyn State Bank failed on June 27, 1931.[7] The building was sold to Blackstone Realty in 1947 for $275,000, and the Commercial National Bank was formed and began operating in the building.[8] [9] In the 1960s Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's West Suburban district office was located in the building.[10] In 1970, it was sold to MacNeal Memorial Hospital.[2] [3] In 2003, MacNeal sold the building to HSA Commercial Real Estate.[2] [3] The building was recognized as a Berwyn Historic Landmark, along with the Berwyn National Bank Building, in 2008.[3]