Baltimore Federal

"During college I worked at Baltimore Federal, an historic local savings and loan. It was the perfect job for a student, as I worked the front desk of the headquarters on Saturdays when the bank was closed to the public, but my job was to assist overtime employees who needed access to the building. The company celebrated its 100th anniversary during my time there. All employees received a $100 bill and a commemorative plate, and a modern tower headquarters was opened, but the older building remained an active operations center... Once known as the Colonial Corner, the structure is of Federalist-style architecture, but built in the 1950s. An operations person opened the building before I arrived at 9 am, but I had keys and was the sole person who secured and closed the bank building at 5 pm. Sadly, the institution did not survive the savings and loan crisis, and the marble-floored banking space of the former headquarters is now a Walgreens."

‏Historic photo of the Baltimore Federal Savings and Loan building, downtown Baltimore