East Cambridge Savings Bank is a

mutual savings bank A mutual savings bank is a financial institution chartered by a central or regional government, without capital stock, owned by its members who subscribe to a common fund. From this fund, claims, loans, etc., are paid. Profits after deductions ...

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. Its branches serve communities north and west of

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. It was founded in 1854. The bank's

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headquarters building at 292 Cambridge Street in

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was built in 1931 to a design by T. M. James. It has a triple-arched front facade, an element repeated on the side with three similarly scaled round-arch windows. Bands of carving adorn an entablature band at the top of the main wall, and on a stepped back section above. The building's interior includes sculpture by

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and murals painted by Alfred Rasmussen. The building was listed on the

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in 1982.

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* Companies based in Cambridge, Massachusetts Commercial buildings completed in 1931 Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts 1854 establishments in Massachusetts Banks based in Massachusetts {{CambridgeMA-NRHP-stub

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