The First National Bank and Trust Company of Western Maryland
was originally chartered as the Cumberland Bank of Alleghany by an act of the 1811 Maryland Legislature and opened for business April 1, 1812. this is the oldest bank in Western Maryland and the second oldest National Bank in the state.
Local architect Bruce Price designed this main banking house in the German Byzantine-Romanesque style and was completed c1893. It was then occupied by the former Second National Bank of Cumberland until 1963.
The First National Bank and Trust Company of Western Maryland is dedicated to safeguarding all assets entrusted to it and to promote the financial well being and economic improvement of all citizens in the area.
Marker is on Baltimore St..
Courtesy hmdb.org
