{"nrhp_refnum":"91000261","name":"Citizens Bank and Trust Company Building, Former","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"161 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesville","county":"Haywood County","state":"NC","lat":35.49108745700005,"lon":-82.98715170799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Neo-Classical Revival bank building of brick with marble veneer on the facade, located at the center of the main business block of North Main Street in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921 for the Citizens Bank and Trust Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its contribution to the commercial development of Waynesville and Haywood County. It was the town's most impressive building when erected and reflects the growth of banking tied to the railroad, the Champion paper mill in Canton, and the 1920s boom. The bank failed in 1932, and the building has since housed retail uses.","narrative":"Built in 1921 on North Main Street in Waynesville, the two-story brick bank has a temple-front facade of marble with a barrel-vaulted entrance flanked by Ionic pilasters and a tall marble-faced parapet. It was erected for the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, which had grown from the Bank of Waynesville, founded in 1887 as the first bank west of Asheville. The building was meant to project stability as the town grew with the arrival of the railroad and the nearby Champion Coated Paper Company mill in Canton. The bank became overextended during the 1920s boom and closed in 1932, after which the building was taken over by its depositors and later housed a jewelry store and other retail uses. The interior retains a marble-wainscoted main room, a mezzanine with a paneled balustrade, and original plumbing fixtures. The facade was altered in the 1950s, but the building remains the tallest structure on the street and is regarded as a leading example of early twentieth-century bank architecture in the town.","period_of_significance":"1921-1932","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Facade altered in the 1950s with a plate glass storefront; the building has housed retail operations since the bank closed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.351239-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/7207/47720782/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91000261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000261/1475127f68-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000261/1475127f68-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Citizens_Bank_and_Trust_Company_Building,_Waynesville,_NC_(39750590633).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Citizens_Bank_and_Trust_Company_Building,_Waynesville,_NC_(39750590633).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001414","name":"Waynesville Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/waynesville-main-street-historic-district-05001414/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720782","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Citizens_Bank_and_Trust_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460994"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/haywood-county/citizens-bank-and-trust-company-building-former-91000261/"}