Farmers Bank of Fredericksburg, also known as The National Bank of Fredericksburg, is a historic bank building located at Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was built in 1819–20, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular red-brick building in the Federal style. It features a slate-covered front gable roof with a lunette window in the front pediment, wide cornice, three pairs of brick chimneys, and engaged pedestal columns with full entablature on the front facade. The front portion of the main floor had been used as a banking house since its construction, while the rooms at the rear and those on the second floor housed the bank's cashiers and their families from 1820 to 1920.[3] In 2016, after completing renovations to the inside of the building, the building was converted into a restaurant while keeping the existing bank vault as a private dining area.[4]
Farmers Bank of Fredericksburg | |
 Farmers Bank of Fredericksburg, September 2012 | |
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| Location | 900 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°18′8″N 77°27′40″W / 38.30222°N 77.46111°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1819-1820 |
| Built by | Ellis, Robert & George |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003283[1] |
| VLR No. | 111-0021 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 11, 1983 |
| Designated VLR | January 18, 1983[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Lemuel W. Houston (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Farmers Bank of Fredericksburg" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "Foode opens in National Bank Building". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
External links
edit- National Bank Building, George Street & Princess Ann Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, VA: 2 photos and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey