2 South St -- Auburn Savings Bank

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2 South St Auburn, NY (as of 1876)
Year Built
Unknown
Building Type
Construction
not specified
Description
Auburn Savings Bank, established in 1849. Office Genesee corner South. Dr. Sylvester Willard, President; Charles P. Wood, Treasurer. 
Seymour Library was originally located on the second floor. In 1875, James Skinner Seymour, president of the National Bank of Auburn, bequeathed $18, 000 for a library. During its first years, the library was not open free of charge, but had an annual membership fee of $2 to defray operating costs which lasted until 1896.

Source of Building Data: 1875 Boyd's Auburn Directory, 1875-6, containing the names of its citizens, a compendium of its government, and of the public and private institutions, together with a Business Directory of Union Springs, Aurora, and villages on the Southern Central Railway.` 
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Directory advertisement for Auburn Savings Bank 1875

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