Tucker County Bank Building

Tucker County Bank Building
Location: 1000 Walnut St., Parsons, West Virginia
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1901
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

10000579

[1]
Added to NRHP: August 26, 2010

Tucker County Bank Building is a historic bank building located at Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was built in 1901, and is a three-story brick commercial building with a rusticated ashlar base and accents in the Romanesque Revival style. It features a corner turret with angled entrance. The building housed the Tucker County Bank until 1969. Over time, it also housed a Masonic Lodge, the Board of Education, a telephone company, doctor’s offices, law firms, insurance agencies, a bus depot, a soda fountain and a drug store.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/23/10 through 8/27/10. National Park Service. 2010-09-03. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100903.htm. 
  2. ^ Michael J. Mills (January 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tucker County Bank Building". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/tucker/10000579.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-09.