The Stevensville Bank is a historic

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building located near the center of Stevensville,

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, and is in the Stevensville Historic District. The building's name is a reference to Stevensville Savings Bank which once occupied the building. The classically detailed bank is now used as a law office. It was listed on the

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in 1985.

Stevensville Savings Bank

Stevensville Savings Bank was the

that occupied the building until the 1960s. At that time, the bank moved near a

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at the edge of Stevensville and changed its name to Tidewater Bank. Tidewater Bank later merged with larger banks; in recent years it has been owned by Nations Bank and

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. The Tidewater Bank building continues to serve as a Bank of America branch known as the Tidewater Branch.

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