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Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building

Coordinates: 35°13′36″N 80°50′32″W / 35.22667°N 80.84222°W / 35.22667; -80.84222
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Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building
Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building is located in North Carolina
Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building
Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building is located in the United States
Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building
Location123 E. Trade St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35°13′36″N 80°50′32″W / 35.22667°N 80.84222°W / 35.22667; -80.84222
Arealess than one acre
Built1871 (1871)-1872
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.84002344[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 1, 1984

Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building was a historic bank building in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1871–1872, a three-story, brick building with a stuccoed front and Italianate style cast iron trim manufactured by the Mecklenburg Iron Works. The building housed Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges that met there from the 1870s through 1920. It was the oldest surviving commercial building in the central business district of Charlotte[2] until it was demolished in 1989.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] The building was demolished in 1989 to make room for construction of the new corporate headquarter of NCNB, which later became Bank of America.[3] Currently, the Bank of America Corporate Center sits at the former location of the building.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Davyd Foard Hood; Thomas Hanchett & Janette Thomas Greenwood (July 1983). "Merchants and Farmers National Bank Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. ^ Mellnik, Ted (1989-01-02). "Eve of destruction, Uptown block awaits headache ball". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 1B.