{"nrhp_refnum":"84002306","name":"Washovia Bank and Trust Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 W. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09730935400006,"lon":-80.24393848499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story Renaissance Revival skyscraper at the southwest corner of Main and Third streets in Winston-Salem, opposite the Forsyth County Court House. Built in 1911 and expanded in 1917-1918 to designs by Milburn, Heister & Co.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is of statewide architectural and historical significance. It was the third high-rise steel-frame building in North Carolina and has an elaborate terra cotta and limestone entablature. It served as Wachovia Bank and Trust Company's headquarters from 1911 to 1966 and reflects Winston-Salem's growth as a financial center.","narrative":"Rising eight stories at Main and Third streets in Winston-Salem, this former bank headquarters began as a 1911 steel-frame office building designed by the Washington firm Milburn, Heister & Co. The same firm enlarged it in 1917-1918, replacing the simple cornice with an elaborate limestone and terra cotta entablature in the Renaissance Revival style, considered more handsome than any other of its period in North Carolina. It was the third high-rise steel-frame building erected in the state. Wachovia Bank and Trust Company used it as corporate headquarters until 1966, during years when Winston-Salem was the largest city in North Carolina. Later remodeling in the 1950s altered the windows and most interiors, though the elevator lobbies and fragments of the original marble lobby survive. A 1982-1983 rehabilitation restored the exterior largely to its 1918 appearance and prepared the building for bank and rental use. It is recognized for its architecture, its architect, and its link to the city's banking history.","period_of_significance":"1911, 1917-1918","architect_builder":"Frank Pierce Milburn; Milburn, Heister & Co.","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival (with Chicago School skyscraper characteristics)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Building was being rehabilitated at the time of nomination; a branch bank occupies much of the first story, with rental space on the other floors and in the basement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.991429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7202/47720200/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002306.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002306/e09ce9ce8c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002306/e09ce9ce8c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"David Bjorgen","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wachovia_Bank_and_Trust_Company_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David Bjorgen</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:Wachovia_Bank_and_Trust_Company_Building.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100008467","name":"Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/downtown-winston-salem-historic-district-100008467/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720200","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_West_Third_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707853"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/washovia-bank-and-trust-company-building-84002306/"}