Chardon Water Tower

Chardon Savings Bank

This building, which I still think of as the "Chardon Savings Bank" is  the most modern looking building on the Square, and perhaps the ugliest.  This was built in the days when beautiful historic buildings were torn down without a second thought and horrific things like this were put in their place.  I'm not sure what stood here before, but it had to be better than this. 

If you look closely, you can see a slight difference in the color of the bricks and make out the original building which was only one story tall.

For many years during the sixites, a 10 foot tall stainless steel wedge-shaped edifice stood near the sidewalk at the east corner of the building. It had an electronic sign that displayed the time and temperature, which were often incorrect.  I can remember days when the sign happily displayed a temperature of 100 degrees during the coldest winter snow storm.  

Chardon Savings Bank took pride in being known as "Geauga County's Oldest Bank".  It became Bank One in the 80's and then JP Morgan Chase. Who knows what comes next!