{"nrhp_refnum":"87000689","name":"First National Bank Building","other_names":["Lincoln Professional Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11 Lincoln Way W","address_restricted":false,"city":"Massillon","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.79617882300005,"lon":-81.52282336999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story bank building at 11 Lincoln Way West in the central business district of Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, built in 1923 for the First National Bank of Massillon and designed by Frank Ray Walker of Walker & Weeks, Cleveland.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a fine example of Second Renaissance Revival architecture, with a tripartite vertical arrangement and classical detailing. It is also a notable work of the Cleveland firm Walker and Weeks, known for bank designs. It housed the oldest banking institution in Stark County and is a major downtown landmark.","narrative":"Rising seven stories in downtown Massillon, this bank building at 11 Lincoln Way West was completed in 1923 for the First National Bank of Massillon. Frank R. Walker of the Cleveland firm Walker and Weeks designed it in the Second Renaissance Revival style. The facade is split into three parts: a two-story ashlar base, a brick-faced middle section, and a top story under a bracketed cornice. A round-arched entrance with bronze doors leads to a barrel-vaulted, coffered vestibule, and carved reliefs of Mercury appear inside and out. The interior retains marble floors and walls, painted ceilings, walnut woodwork and a massive vault, and a steel frame sits on a reinforced concrete mat. The bank it housed was authorized in 1863 and was the oldest in Stark County. Walker and Weeks designed more than sixty Ohio banks, and this building is a representative example of that work and a downtown landmark.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1923)","architect_builder":"Frank Ray Walker - Architect (Walker & Weeks, Cleveland)","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as good condition, altered, and work in progress; the only exterior change is a drive-up teller window, and much of the original interior survives.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.503835-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000689.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000689/2b8a688335-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000689/2b8a688335-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_National_Bank_Building_(Massillon,_OH).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:First_National_Bank_Building_(Massillon,_OH).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002553","name":"Massillon Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/massillon-downtown-historic-district-100002553/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991372","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138685557"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/first-national-bank-building-87000689/"}