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Three Wells Fargo Center

Coordinates: 35°13′28″N 80°50′47″W / 35.2244°N 80.8463°W / 35.2244; -80.8463
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Three Wells Fargo Center
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice building
Architectural stylePostmodern
Coordinates35°13′28″N 80°50′47″W / 35.2244°N 80.8463°W / 35.2244; -80.8463
Construction started1997
Opening2000
OwnerWells Fargo Bank
ManagementChildress Klein Properties
Height
Roof450 feet (140 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count32
Floor area931,046 square feet (86,497.0 m2)[2]
Lifts/elevators21
Design and construction
Architect(s)TVS Design
DeveloperChildress Klein Properties
Main contractorBatson Cook Company
Other information
ParkingOn site parking garage
Public transit accessLight rail interchange 3rd Street/CC

Three Wells Fargo Center is a 450-foot (137 m) high rise in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] Completed in 2000, the building consists of 32 floors with 890,000 square feet (83,000 m2) of office space; it also includes an underground parking garage, an attached 10-story low-rise known as the Ratcliffe on the Green, and connects to Two Wells Fargo Center via skybridge, as part of the Overstreet Mall.

History

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Three Wells Fargo Center (left) and One Wells Fargo Center (back) as seen from the Mint Museum courtyard steps.

Prior to the First Union-Wachovia merger, this building was called Three First Union Center.[3][4] In December 2010, as a result of Wells Fargo's 2008 purchase of Wachovia, the building was renamed from Three Wachovia Center to Three Wells Fargo Center.[5]

Museum

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A branch of the Wells Fargo History Museum was located in the building, until all but one of the bank's thirteen museums were closed to align with corporate strategy.[6] The museum's exhibits included gold mining in North Carolina, a 19th-century stagecoach, and a model of an 1889 Wachovia Bank branch from Winston-Salem.[7] In 2022, the facility the museum was housed at was donated to the Levine Museum of the New South.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Three Wells Fargo Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. ^ Sharipo, Amy (22 October 2022). "Wachovia a year later: Charlotte's largest office buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  3. ^ Tannenbaum, Fred (2002-01-18). "Wachovia Renames Charlotte's First Union Buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  4. ^ "Charlotte". 2001. Archived from the original on April 25, 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. ^ Rothacker, Rick (2010-12-14). "Wells Fargo changing names of uptown towers". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  6. ^ Jett, Tyler. "Wells Fargo heritage museum in downtown Des Moines is history". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  7. ^ "Museums: Charlotte". Wells Fargo History. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. ^ Kramon, Charlotte (June 16, 2022). "Levine Museum finds a new home in Charlotte, with an assist from Wells Fargo". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
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