(Former) Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank Building
- Architect
- Karl M. Vitzthum
- Year
- 1924
- City
- Chicago, IL
The (Former) Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank Building went up in 1924 at 4000 W. North Ave. on Chicago's West Side, designed by architect Karl M. Vitzthum. It served the neighborhood as a bank in an era when West Side commercial strips were filling in with substantial masonry buildings meant to signal a bank's permanence and solvency to depositors. The city designated it a Chicago Landmark (L-315) in 2012.
significance
Designated a Chicago Landmark (L-315) on June 6, 2012, protecting the former bank building as a piece of the West Side's commercial architectural history.
nearby
- Humboldt Park Boathouse Pavilion
- Basilica of St. Hyacinth
- Laramie State Bank Building
- Congress Theater
- John Rath House
- King-Nash House