MARIETTA – A corner office with a view is an attainable part of working in what is commonly called the Dime Bank building on the corner of Putnam and Second streets in Marietta.

The building, which sits at eight-stories high, is more than 100 years old, and has housed everything from beauty shops to restaurants, and of course, a bank, in all of its history in the city.

Billed as “Marietta’s first skyscraper,” the building has had several purposes and has housed a variety of businesses, but still maintains plenty of its original architecture.

“Most other buildings at the time would have been just two or three-story buildings,” said Marietta Councilman Harley Noland. “It really is a grand building.”

Records differ slightly on when the building was constructed, but the date is typically placed between 1907 and 1908, with an addition built on between 1915 and 1924.

“If you stand across the street and look at (the addition), it is seamless,” Noland said. “It really is flawless and well built.”

The bank, Noland said, would have been housed on the first floor closest to the intersection, and eventually the tellers and banking were moved into the Second Street addition to be closer to the parking lot on the site of the original Hippodrome Theatre.

“It was poured concrete, so it was fireproof,” Noland said.

According to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation records, the building’s last function as a bank dates to 1972 when The Dime Bank was established, eventually becoming inactive after it was merged with Wesbanco Bank of Parkersburg in the 1990s. It would eventually be renamed The WesBanco Bank Inc. in 2000.

The interior, which is home to a range of offices, all the way down to Cobbler John’s shoe repair below the ground floor, is still largely original, with iron staircases, oak trim and original locks.

“They painted over a lot of the marble, which was originally put in because it is water-resistant for flooding,” Noland said. “They also covered a lot of the decorated, plaster ceiling with drop ceilings.”

The banks vaults, with one even placed on the second floor to guard against flooding, are still in the building.

A large Roman-numeral printed clock and the recognizable counter of a bank with individual teller stations still sit on the ground floor.

Promanco Inc., a property service management company, has much of the first two floors and a few higher up available for rent, and the company is renovating the building’s empty offices.

“We have everyone from a web designer to a therapist, to a state of Ohio public defender’s office,” said Promanco representative Jocelyn Adelsperger.

The company, which represents owner Duck Creek Realty, is doing renovations inside the building to breathe life into many of the rooms.

“We’ve been putting fresh paint in and sanding some of the wood floors, because there are some beautiful wood floors we really want to bring back,” Adelsperger said.

People visiting might be confused that the only entrance to the building is on Second Street, even though the address is 200 Putnam St.

“Back in the early years of Marietta, you paid taxes based on the frontage on the street, and the Putnam Street side is much more narrow than the Second Street side,” Adelsperger said. “So it’s kind of an interesting story.”

Architectural characteristics, like the terra cotta design and some of the extremely large windows, are in still intact both inside and outside the building, as well as the original terrazzo artisan flooring.

Historians often credit the tall building and its prime location across from the Washington County Courthouse as evidence of the oil and gas boom of the early 20th century.

Noland said the bank changed hands several times and it is hard to pinpoint when things came and went, but noted that about 80 years ago, the bottom floor had a place called The Palm Restaurant.

In the 1960s, a protrusion was built in the bank of the building that faces out to Union Street that would have served as the city’s first bank drive-thru.

Adelsperger said her company and the owner are committed to preserving the old building.

“It’s a dearly beloved building here, and the owners are dedicated to preserving its historical integrity,” she said.