Financial firm donates two former bank sites in county
Riverview Financial Corporation, of Marysville, Perry County, which acquired the Union Bank and Trust Company, has donated two of Union Bank's buildings
According to deeds recorded in the Schuylkill County Courthouse, the branch in New Philadelphia, and the main one in Pottsville, were donated to Barefield Development Corporation, of Pottsville.A stipulation is attached to the deeds stating the former buildings in both locations are not to be used for any type of bank, lending, insurance or wealth management business of any type. Barefield is an organization that has developed subdivisions for low income families.Other property transactions recorded at the courthouse were as follows:Tax Claim Bureau to Jason Keller, 1933 Route 903, Jim Thorpe, property at 193 Indiana Avenue, Shenandoah Heights, West Mahanoy Township, sold as property of Wayne R. Sanko and Rachael Pleva-Sanko, for $5,390; and property at 136 East St., Coaldale, sold as property of John E. Joyce, for $5,857.Kathryn A. Wheat, Kuntzer, Texas, to Franklin J. and Lorraine Stidham, Tamaqua, property on north side of Township Route 503, Tamaqua, $1 (full consideration $135,000).Shawn Barrett, Ashland, to Victor Perez and Ludovina Natal, Allentown, property at 1011 W. Minersville St., Pottsville, $2,495.William G. Schwab, as trustee for Charles J. Bott Sr., Lehighton, to Larry A. and Robin Frederick, of 114 Greenwood St., Tamaqua, property fronting Greenwood Street and extending to property at 21 Schuylkill Ave. and bounded on the south by property of Tamaqua Building and Loan Association in Tamaqua, at $1 (full consideration $8,000).Today's The Day Investments LLC to Jonathan Perrine, property on Bowe Street, Tamaqua, $8,000.Jeannine Kruzik to John A. Hutta and herself as joint tenants property at 420 Hazle St., Tamaqua, $1 (transaction is transfer of one half interest).Ellis R. Warmkessel to Frank J. Boslet Jr. and Corey L. Smolar, property at 514 East Union Street, Tamaqua, $65,000.