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Florida Mid-Century Modern Banks (page 3)

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Miami Beach First National Bank Building
Miami Beach, FL
The Miami Beach First National Bank Building was built in 1970. It was somewhat remodeled in 2010 by Herzog & de Meuron. For more, see this website. [map]

Washington Federal Savings Office Building
Miami Beach, FL
The former Washington Federal Savings Office Building was built in 1959. [map]

Miami Beach Federal Savings & Loan
Miami Beach, FL
The Miami Beach Federal Savings & Loan was designed by Edwin T. Reeder & Associates and built in 1956. The digital clock on the top of the building alternated between the time and the temperature. There is another digital clock at street level. In the 1970s, it became a Financial Federal Bank. The building now houses a Bank of America. For more, see this website. [map]

Union Planters Bank
Miami Beach, FL
The Union Planters Bank was designed by Francis Hoffman and built in 1958. The building features a concrete screen block of circles and a floating staircase. In recent years, it housed a Regions Bank. The building now houses a law firm. [map]

former Financial
Federal Bank & Loan Association
Miami Beach, FL		 former Financial
Federal Bank & Loan Association
Miami Beach, FL
The first former Financial Federal Bank & Loan Association shown above was designed by Edwin Reeder and built in 1952. In 1966, this 55-foot-tall "tripod spire" was designed by Herbert Mathes and added. It supported a sign with a digital panel which displayed the time and date. For more, see this website. [map]

The second former Financial Federal Bank & Loan Association shown above was also designed by Edwin Reeder was built in 1957. The facade has been significantly altered. I assume that this "tripod spire" was also added in the 1960s. For more, see this website. [map]

former Washington Shores Savings & Loan
Orlando, FL
This former Washington Shores Savings & Loan was built in 1963. It now houses an Axiom Bank. [map]

First Horizon Bank
Palmetto Bay, FL
I believe this First Horizon Bank was built around 1974 as a Flagler Federal Savings & Loan. The building now houses a cannabis store. [map]

former Florida Federal Savings & Loan
Pinellas Park, FL
This former Florida Federal Savings & Loan was here by the late 1970s. It may have been built earlier. The building housed an Aaron's Furniture from at least 2007 until 2019. The building was vacant in 2020. [map]

former First Federal Savings & Loan
Port Charlotte, FL
This former First Federal Savings & Loan was built in 1963. It now houses the Silvestre Professional Center. For more, see this website. [map]

former bank
Sebring, FL
This former bank was built in 1973. I believe it originally housed the First National Bank of Sebring. It was housing a Wachovia Bank in 2008. The building is vacant now. [map]

former First Federal Savings
St. Pete Beach, FL
This First Federal Savings was built in 1963. It has the same design and details as the Madeira Beach bank shown above. It later housed a Wachovia Bank until around 2015 when it became a Wells Fargo. For more, see this website. [map]

Security Federal Savings and Loan
St. Petersburg, FL
This Security Federal Savings and Loan, aka the Skyline Building, was built in 1961. It was designed by Wenceslaus Sarmiento. The building is now occupied by the Grow Financial Federal Credit Union. There was originally a restaurant on the top floor known as the Skyline Room. The stone wall on the south side acts as a giant sunscreen. The building was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York City. For more, see this website. [map]

More St. Petersburg:
First Federal Savings (St. Petersburg) [vintage; gone]

Exchange National Bank of Tampa
Tampa, FL
The Exchange National Bank of Tampa was designed by the MacEwen Group and built in 1966. It is now known as the Franklin Exchange Building. For more, see this website. [map]

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