{"nrhp_refnum":"72001515","name":"Farmers' Bank","other_names":["Petersburg Branch of Farmers' Bank"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW corner of Bollingbrook St. and Cockade Alley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Petersburg (Independent City)","county":"Petersburg","state":"VA","lat":37.232799886000066,"lon":-77.40384944299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, four-bay brick Federal-style bank building at the northwest corner of Bollingbrook Street and Cockade Alley in Petersburg, Virginia, built by 1817 as the Petersburg branch of the Farmers' Bank of Virginia.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a noteworthy example of fine Federal-style commercial architecture, one of few such structures remaining in what was once Petersburg's busy commercial district. Its history also illustrates the branch banking system of nineteenth-century Virginia, in which each branch held its own capital and issued its own notes.","narrative":"Located on Bollingbrook Street in what was once Petersburg's busy commercial district, this nearly square brick building (44 by 46 feet) served as the Petersburg branch of the Farmers' Bank of Virginia. The bank bought the lot in January 1816, and by November 1817 a three-story banking house with a parapet wall was insured, along with a stable, kitchen, smokehouse and guard house. The Federal-style building has Flemish bond brickwork on the facade and east wall, sandstone sills and belt courses, and a pyramidal roof hidden behind a parapet. The banking rooms occupied the first floor, while living quarters above include an open-well stair and some of the finest Federal woodwork in Petersburg. Much of the exterior and the banking interior was reconstructed during a recent restoration after nineteenth-century alterations. Its significance rests on its architecture and on what it shows about Virginia's early branch banking system.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and recently restored to its original appearance; the upper floors have been converted into two apartments and the building is listed as occupied, with museum and private residence uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.158382-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/6824/41682482/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001515.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001515/ef2c524f7b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001515/ef2c524f7b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Alexiskferia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farmers%27_Bank.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexiskferia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farmers%27_Bank.tif"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80004314","name":"Petersburg Old Town Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/petersburg-old-town-historic-district-additional-documentation-80004314/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682482","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_Bank_(Petersburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5435754"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/petersburg/farmers-bank-72001515/"}