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Bank Building (Accomac, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°43′11″N 75°40′15″W / 37.719616°N 75.670713°W / 37.719616; -75.670713
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Bank Building
Bank Building (Accomac, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Bank Building (Accomac, Virginia)
Bank Building (Accomac, Virginia) is located in the United States
Bank Building (Accomac, Virginia)
Location23321 Courthouse Avenue,[2] Accomac, Virginia
Coordinates37°43′11″N 75°40′15″W / 37.719616°N 75.670713°W / 37.719616; -75.670713
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1820 (1820)
Built byHiggins, Michael; McCollom, Alexander
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.74002099[1]
VLR No.160-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1974
Designated VLRMay 21, 1974[3]

Bank Building, also known as Old Mercantile Building and Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce, is a historical commercial building located at Accomac, Virginia, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and it is a two-story, rectangular brick structure in the Federal style. The front facade and watertable are stuccoed. It has a gable roof and features a fanlight window above the second story door.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ When photographed in December 2014, the front (west-southwest) door bore the number "23321", with a sign for "Eastern Shore Bail Bonds"; a Facebook page for Eastern Shore Bail Bonds gives its address as 23321 Courthouse Avenue.
  3. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (May 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bank Building" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo