Built in 1907, Sandy City Bank was a one-part block commercial structure in the Second Renaissance Revival style, inspired by various Italian buildings and often used to convey simplicity and order, a design considered appropriate for banking. In the first half of the twentieth century, as Sandy's economy changed from mining and small farms to a more diversified economy, the bank held the largest deposits of any bank in the southern Salt Lake Valley. It contributed to the city's economic stability by keeping funds in the community and employing a number of Sandy residents.