Berwyn State Bank Building

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]

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