The First National Bank of Gaithersburg was built in 1891. Although the bank has lost its original steepled roofline, if you look close enough you will find that many parts of the building have not changed in over 100 years.
| Name | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Maples | 7/25/10 | We should probably talk. I'm a collector and researcher of antique paper money. I'm studying Maryland's old banks for an upcoming book on the subject. J. Fred Maples maplesf@comcast.net 301-990-0496 |
| Richard Crystal | 9/2/10 | If memory serves, in the color photo, continuing on the right was the Ben Franklin store and then the original home of King Pontiac. |
| Willamae Waters-Stanfield | 9/24/10 | You are correct , Richard. That site at one time was also a western auto store. |
| Deaner Lawless Jr. | 2/23/11 | In '62 or '63 Danny Ward and I bought 10 speed Western Auto English Racers. Still used my old bike for the paper route. Amazing . . Danny and I road those bike all over the place; Izack Walton League, Rockville, Great Falls. Danny I still have mine!!!! How about you?? |
| Suzanne Cissel Brodt | 10/8/11 | I remember my mother, Mary Broschart Cissel telling me a story about a fire truck hitting the side of this bank building while it was racing to a fire. The fireman on the back of the truck was killed. This had to have been sometime in the 30's or 40's. |
| Danny Brodt | 10/8/11 | "DK", was that my old paper route? Selbys' Market was in between Ben Franklin and King Pontiac. I worked there for years as did Tommy Offutt and Butch Rau. The Western Auto store (50's and on) was next to the old post office and DGS store. |
| Bernie Curtin | 2/23/12 | When I first moved to Gaithersburg in the late 1940’s there was no traffic light in town. The first traffic light was installed at the intersections of Diamond and Summit Ave. If I'm correct I think they installed it right after one of the fire trucks that was responding to a fire had an accident at that intersection, and I understand one of the fireman on the truck was hurt. |
| Fred Maples | 1/5/14 | I'm trying to determine exactly when this bank lost it's cupola. Do you know? |