8 West Third Street

Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Building
Location 8 W. Third St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°05′50″N 80°14′39″W / 36.097222°N 80.244167°W / 36.097222; -80.244167Coordinates: 36°05′50″N 80°14′39″W / 36.097222°N 80.244167°W / 36.097222; -80.244167
Area less than one acre
Built 1911
Architect Milburn, Heister & Company
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 84002306[1]
Added to NRHP March 31, 1984

8 West Third Street is a 126 ft nine-story skyscraper in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, also known as the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Building. It was built in 1911 as the headquarters of Wachovia Bank and Trust, with the ninth floor added in 1917. It was Winston-Salem's first steel frame skyscraper, built in the Renaissance Revival style, and it was the city's tallest building from 1911 until the O'Hanlon Building was built in 1915, and again from 1917 until the completion of Hotel Robert E. Lee in 1921. The Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Building served as the bank's headquarters until a new headquarters was built in 1966. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 1984 as "Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Building".[1][2][3]

It was designed by Milburn, Heister & Company.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "8 West Third Street". emporis.com. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  3. ↑ Davyd Foard Hood; Jerry Cross & Michael P. McGraw (March 1984). "Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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