Branch Banking Company Building (Wilson, North Carolina) Explained

Branch Banking Company Building
Location:124 Nash St. NE
Wilson, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7247°N -77.91°W
Architecture:Classical Revival, Second Renaissance Revival
Added:August 11, 1978
Refnum:78001986

The Branch Banking Company Building is a historic bank building located in Wilson, 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.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is located in the Wilson Central Business-Tobacco Warehouse Historic District.

The building is now the headquarters of the Arts Council of Wilson.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shoemaker, Mary and Craft, Vicki. Branch Banking and Trust Company Building . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d. . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . July 1, 2015.