Bank of Tryon Building explained

Bank of Tryon Building
Location:16 N. Trade St., Tryon, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2092°N -82.2394°W
Built:-1908
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:January 17, 2008
Refnum:07001408

Bank of Tryon Building, also known as the Tryon Daily Bulletin Building and Hester Building, is a historic bank building located at Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1907–1908, and is a two-story, two-bay, Romanesque Revival style brick-and-stone building. It features granite quoins, second-story Palladian-type windows, and a projecting parapet. Since 1935, the building has been home to the Tryon Daily Bulletin, the world's smallest daily newspaper.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clay Griffith. Bank of Tryon Building. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 2007 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.