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Branch Banking Company Building (Wilson, North Carolina)

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Branch Banking
Branch Banking Company, December 2014
Branch Banking Company Building (Wilson, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Branch Banking Company Building (Wilson, North Carolina)
Location124 W. Nash St., Wilson, North Carolina
Arealess than one acre
Built1903 (1903)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.78001986[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1978

Branch Banking is a historic bank building located at Wilson, Wilson County, 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] The building houses the local arts council.

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.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mary Shoemaker and Vicki Craft (n.d.). "Branch Banking and Trust Company Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.