Raleigh Banking and Trust Company Building

United States historic place


Raleigh Banking and Trust Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Raleigh Banking and Trust Company Building, September 2013
35°46′39″N 78°38′23″W / 35.77750°N 78.63972°W / 35.77750; -78.63972
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913 (1913), 1928-1929, 1935-1936
Built by	Hudson, John W. et al.
Architect	Underwood, H.A.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Moderne
NRHP reference No.	93000543^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 17, 1993

Raleigh Banking and Trust Company Building, also known as the Raleigh Building, is a historic bank office building located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It is an eleven-story, seven bays wide and three bays deep, Classical Revival style skyscraper. It is a steel frame and brick veneer building with white terra cotta ornamental elements. The first three stories were built in 1913, with the upper eight stories added in 1928–1929. The first three floors were radically renovated in 1935–1936, with the addition of Art Moderne design elements.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Helen P. Ross (March 1993). "Raleigh Banking and Trust Company Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.