Bank of Cairo

This article is about the building in West Virginia. For the bank in Egypt, see Banque du Caire.
Bank of Cairo
Bank of Cairo, August 2011
Location Jct. of Main St. and former Baltimore Ohio RR line, Cairo, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°12′29″N 81°9′24″W / 39.20806°N 81.15667°W / 39.20806; -81.15667Coordinates: 39°12′29″N 81°9′24″W / 39.20806°N 81.15667°W / 39.20806; -81.15667
Area less than one acre
Built 1897
Architectural style Early Commercial
NRHP Reference #

96000986

[1]
Added to NRHP September 19, 1996

Bank of Cairo, now known as Cairo Town Hall, is a historic bank building located at Cairo, Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a 2 1⁄2-story brick structure with classically inspired details. It features a unique corner entrance. It housed a bank from 1897 to 1931 and from 1941 to 1974. It now houses the Cairo Town Hall and serves as a stop on the North Bend Rail Trail.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Kathryn Drost and Lisa Adkins (May 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bank of Cairo" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.


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