Branch Banking Company Building (Wilson, North Carolina)
Appearance
Branch Banking Company Building | |
(December 2014) | |
Location | 124 Nash St. NE Wilson, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°43′29″N 77°54′36″W / 35.72472°N 77.91000°W |
Built | 1903 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Second Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 78001986[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 11, 1978 |
The Branch Banking Company Building is a historic bank building located in Wilson, North Carolina. It was built by the Branch Banking and Trust Company in 1903, and is a two-story, rectangular, blond brick building in the Classical Revival / Renaissance Revival style. A three bay extension was built in 1934. It features reddish sandstone detailing such as the window surrounds, pediment, columns and capitals; and an overhanging pressed metal cornice.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is located in the Wilson Central Business-Tobacco Warehouse Historic District.
The building is now the headquarters of the Arts Council of Wilson.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Shoemaker, Mary and Craft, Vicki (n.d.). "Branch Banking and Trust Company Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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External links
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Categories:
- Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Renaissance Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Wilson County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, North Carolina
- Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs