Branch Banking (Wilson, North Carolina)


Branch Banking
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Branch Banking Company, December 2014
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Location	124 W. Nash St., Wilson, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°43′29″N 77°54′36″W / 35.72472°N 77.91000°W / 35.72472; -77.91000Coordinates: 35°43′29″N 77°54′36″W / 35.72472°N 77.91000°W / 35.72472; -77.91000
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903 (1903)
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference #	78001986^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 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 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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.

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