{"nrhp_refnum":"83004035","name":"Colonial National Bank","other_names":["Colonial American National Bank-Colonial Arms"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"202-208 Jefferson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.27716555500007,"lon":-79.94726217899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twelve-story granite and gray-enamel brick bank and office building at 202-208 Jefferson Street, at the corner of Campbell Avenue in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, built in 1926-27 and designed by the local firm Frye & Stone.","why_significant":"The building reflects Roanoke's growth as the banking hub of Southwest Virginia and was the city's tallest building for about fifty years. It represents the last phase of neo-classicism and an early introduction of modernism through its large two-story windows on Campbell Avenue. It is also described as among the last remaining skyscrapers of its era in Virginia.","narrative":"Rising twelve stories at Jefferson Street and Campbell Avenue, this downtown Roanoke bank and office tower was completed in 1927 to designs by the local firm Frye & Stone. Its form follows a classical column, with a granite base, an unornamented gray-enamel brick shaft and a decorated top with terra cotta rosettes and a modillioned cornice. Five two-story windows on the Campbell Avenue side bring an unusually open, modern treatment to an otherwise neo-classical design. A copper and stained-glass clock projects from the corner. The building housed the Colonial National Bank and many professional offices, and its directors included prominent Roanoke business figures. It remained the city's tallest building for roughly fifty years and symbolized the city's role as a banking center for Southwest Virginia. The elevator lobby keeps its pink-gray marble, brass letter box and directory, though the main banking hall has been altered. Exterior changes have been minimal.","period_of_significance":"1927","architect_builder":"Frye & Stone, Architects","architectural_style":"Modified neo-classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"The ground-floor bank space is leased for banking use, while the upper floors were vacant and being renovated into open-plan offices at the time of nomination. The main banking hall has been altered, though the elevator lobby is largely original.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.559882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/6833/41683303/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83004035.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004035/a4043a055b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004035/a4043a055b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Patriarca12","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonial_National_Bank_Building_in_Roanoke,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriarca12</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonial_National_Bank_Building_in_Roanoke,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001276","name":"Gainsboro Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/gainsboro-historic-district-05001276/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683303","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_National_Bank_(Roanoke,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16890537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/colonial-national-bank-83004035/"}