{"nrhp_refnum":"04000584","name":"Bank of French Broad","other_names":["Roberts Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshall","county":"Madison County","state":"NC","lat":35.79772692900008,"lon":-82.68361141899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Classical Revival brick bank building at 100 Main Street in downtown Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina, built 1922-23 and designed by James J. Baldwin. It adjoins the two-story Roberts Building, built at the same time and later joined to it.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be architecturally significant as one of the most high-style buildings in downtown Marshall (Criterion C). It is also significant under Criterion A for its role in Marshall's commercial development, as the home of the town's first bank, founded in 1903, which operated until 1976. The period of significance ends in 1954 because later bank operations were not of exceptional significance.","narrative":"Built in 1922-23 on Main Street in downtown Marshall, North Carolina, the Bank of French Broad is a red brick Classical Revival building, three stories tall on its west side. Architect James J. Baldwin of Anderson, South Carolina, designed it, and R. W. Wimbish of Athens, Georgia, built it. Limestone arches, keystones and decorative panels mark the exterior, and inside are a marble-finished lobby, original teller counters, a mezzanine directors' room and a vault by the York Safe and Lock Company. The adjoining two-story Roberts Building went up at the same time and was joined to the bank in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The bank was the first in Marshall, founded in 1903, and it operated until 1976. The property was listed for its architecture, as one of the most high-style buildings in town, and for its part in the commercial growth of the Madison County seat between 1922 and 1954.","period_of_significance":"1922-1954","architect_builder":"Baldwin, James J., architect; Wimbish, R. W., builder","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic functions were financial institution and department store; the current function is listed as work in progress. The bank buildings were joined in the late 1970s to early 1980s and the first floor of the Roberts Building was altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.492078-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7211/47721153/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04000584.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000584/a8c7bd43db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000584/a8c7bd43db-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bank_of_French_Broad_Building,_Marshall,_NC_(50528645231).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bank_of_French_Broad_Building,_Marshall,_NC_(50528645231).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_French_Broad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460364"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/madison-county/bank-of-french-broad-04000584/"}