This year’s recipients of the Best Commercial Building Rehabilitation – Small Community Award is the Ohio Valley Bank for the OVB on the Square Project in Gallipolis.
The building was originally built by Ohio Valley Bank in 1896 and then later sold, but in 2015 the bank purchased the building back to preserve it. Throughout 2016-2017 the bank planned, cleaned, and stabilized the building. Construction could finally begin in 2018. The inside was remodeled but original woodwork and trim among other pieces were kept and restored. The project was completed in March of 2020, days before the statewide lockdown. Due to the pandemic the public unveiling was postponed, but on May 23, 2021, the Ohio Valley Bank was officially introduced to the public.