Desk as found against north wall, west end of main banking room
Name/Title
Customer counter from TD Banknorth building at 101 Washington Street, Hoboken, built 1929; removed in October 2008.
Entry/Object ID
2008.070.0001
Description
Customer counter from TD Banknorth building at 101 Washington Street, Hoboken, built 1929; removed in October 2008. Brass and other metals, glass; electric fixtures (2 medium screw incandescent; 1 - 36" fluorescent tube); 96" long x 22" deep x 66" overall height; top of counter 42-1/2" from floor.
This desk was one of the original furnishings of the bank structure built in 1929 for the Hoboken Bank for Savings (established 1857) which moved into its new building from its previous main location at 84 Washington St. (diagonally across the intersection of Newark and Washington Streets.) See notes for succeeding owners and names.
Photographs taken October 30, 2008 of three of these counters as positioned against perimeter walls in the main banking room. See photo catalog 2008.064.0201 for other photographs taken on the same date of other interior features of the building.
The fluorescent fixture (slimline tube) was not original; probably installed 1970s or later.
Acquisition
Accession
2008.070
Source or Donor
TD Banknorth
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of TD Banknorth
Made/Created
Date made
1929 - 1929
Notes
Date: 1929-1929
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Sometime in the 1970s, Hoboken Bank for Savings was renamed as the Washington Savings Bank [1975 telephone directory: "(formerly Hoboken Bank for Savings)"] By the 1990s, it had became a branch of Hudson United Bank. Circa 2007, Hudson United was purchased by TD Banknorth and was renamed as a TD Banknorth branch. In the fall of 2008, TD Banknorth had other branches in Hoboken as well as it now owned Commerce Bank which had a branch in Hoboken in a historic bank structure only a block away at Newark and Hudson Streets. TD Banknorth announced in late October 2008 it would now operate TD Banknorth and Commerce Bank under the new brand name of TD Bank. The building at 101 Washington was no longer needed and was closed in October 2008. Most major furnishings were removed or discarded.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2008-11-05
