By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Perry Burright of Oldsmar checks out the new City Council chambers on the second floor of the former bank building.
OLDSMAR
The City Council and the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce showcased their new quarters in the former Oldsmar Bank building during an open house Tuesday. It took two years to complete a $2.6 million renovation of the historic landmark on State Street, which opened more than 90 years ago as the city's first bank. It later served as a grocery, post office, apartments, City Hall and, most recently, Oldsmar's library, which moved into a new building on St. Petersburg Drive in 2008. Now the restored, 8,500-square-foot building will house offices for the Chamber of Commerce, the Oldsmar Historical Society and Pinellas sheriff's deputies, as well as new chambers for the City Council on ...