PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.–Port Washington Federal Credit Union has a new home here—a historic bank building.

The $85.4-million Port Washington FCU has moved into the building on Main Street with a formal ribbon cutting planned for late April.

Bank of America formerly occupied the approximately 100-year-old bank building, and prior to that the neoclassical columns that line the building’s facade welcomed The Port Washington National Bank as its original owners around a century ago, according to the Long Island Press. 

The new location is just down the street from the credit union’s former offices, where it was located for two decades. 

“It’s very different for us,” CEO Michael Fitzgerald told the Long Island Press. “It’s a huge space, and we were just kind of a small storefront up the road at 157 Main St.”

Continuing a ‘Legacy’

Fitzgerald told the Long Island Press the building’s owner, Ted Zucker, approached him as the Bank of America was leaving so that the building could continue its “legacy of hosting local financial establishments,” according to the report.  “While the classical cream-colored outside reminds patrons of an older Port Washington, the interior shines brightly with modern flooring, walls and ceilings curated by local interior designer Annette Jaffe.”

Fitzgerald told the publication one of his favorite features of the historic building is an almost impenetrable steel vault.

PWFCU has approximately 3,100 members.