Bank Building (Accomac, Virginia)

Bank Building
Location 23321 Courthouse Avenue,[1] Accomac, Virginia
Coordinates 37°43′11″N 75°40′15″W / 37.719616°N 75.670713°W / 37.719616; -75.670713Coordinates: 37°43′11″N 75°40′15″W / 37.719616°N 75.670713°W / 37.719616; -75.670713
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1820 (1820)
Built by Higgins, Michael; McCollom, Alexander
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 74002099[2]
VLR # 160-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 23, 1974
Designated VLR May 21, 1974[3]

Bank Building, also known as Old Mercantile Building and Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce, is a historic commercial building located at Accomac, Virginia, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, rectangular brick structure in the Federal style. The front facade and watertable are stuccoed. It has a gable roof and features a fanlight window above the second story door.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[2]

References

  1. When photographed in December 2014, the front (west-southwest) door bore the number "23321", with a sign for "Eastern Shore Bail Bonds"; a Facebook page for Eastern Shore Bail Bonds gives its address as 23321 Courthouse Avenue.
  2. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  4. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (May 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bank Building" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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