{"nrhp_refnum":"88001254","name":"First National Bank Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Creedmoor","county":"Granville County","state":"NC","lat":36.11918984700003,"lon":-78.68632344199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Beaux Arts style bank building on Main Street in Creedmoor, Granville County, North Carolina, built in 1912. It was the First National Bank building and later housed a series of banks, a restaurant, a hardware store and an auto parts business.","why_significant":"The building is described as the earliest surviving bank building in Granville County outside Oxford and as the most finely finished early twentieth century commercial building in the county outside the county seat. It is also linked to the growth of bright leaf tobacco and the mule trade that supported the town's economy. Its Beaux Arts facade is regarded as a rare example in the county.","narrative":"Built of brick in 1912 on Main Street in Creedmoor, this two-story building was constructed for the First National Bank and is finished in the Beaux Arts style. Its front facade has rusticated brickwork, sunburst patterns above three round-arched openings, and a heavy molded metal cornice bearing the building's name. The bank's cornerstones name its builder, Robert Clegg, and its first officers. The building was a bank until 1977, when it was under the Union National Bank, and it has since held a restaurant, a hardware store and an auto parts business. Its former banking room, now a church sanctuary, keeps its original wainscoting, doors and bank vault. The building is regarded as the earliest surviving bank in Granville County outside Oxford and as a reflection of the bright leaf tobacco economy and the mule trade that supported Creedmoor in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1912-1937","architect_builder":"Robert Clegg (builder)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a church sanctuary on the former banking floor, with auto parts business on the southern first floor and upstairs; the last year it served as a bank was 1977.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.328347-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/7179/47717917/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88001254.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001254/0bd3a6b3b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001254/0bd3a6b3b1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Indy beetle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_National_Bank_Building_(Creedmoor,_North_Carolina).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Indy beetle</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_National_Bank_Building_(Creedmoor,_North_Carolina).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717917","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Bank_Building_(Creedmoor,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461750"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/granville-county/first-national-bank-building-88001254/"}