Then and now: From bank to pet store

Tahoe National Bank Photo/Private Collection

Tahoe National Bank existed from 1963 to 1979 before being absorbed by Central Bank. One branch was built next to the Tahoe Valley Post Office with a drive-up teller window.

What the building looks like today. Photo/Bill Kingman

That building later has housed a clothing outlet store, video rentals, and currently Pet Supermarket.

The Stateline area Tahoe National Bank building in 2003. Photo/Bill Kingman

The other branch was built where the Marcus Ashley Gallery now stands in the Village Center near Stateline.

Redevelopment took out the branch near the state line. Photo/Bill Kingman

Between that site and the adjacent junction of Pioneer Trail there had been the Swiss Village Motel with a phone booth, a gas station, El Dorado Savings, and the last Stateline, Calif., post office. They were gone with redevelopment.

A steam shovel is needed to remove the bank vault in May 2003. Photo/Bill Kingman

The Stateline TNB building last housed Pacific Pawn. Upon razing the building, the original bank vault inside posed a challenge over several days.

— Bill Kingman