Bank Building (Accomac, Virginia)

Bank Building
Location23321 Courthouse Avenue,[2] Accomac, Virginia
Coordinates37°43′11″N 75°40′15″W / 37.719616°N 75.670713°W / 37.719616; -75.670713
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1820 (1820)
Built byHiggins, Michael; McCollom, Alexander
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.74002099[1]
VLR No.160-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1974
Designated VLRMay 21, 1974[3]

Bank Building, also known as Old Mercantile Building and Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce, is a historical commercial building located at Accomac, Virginia, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built about 1820, and it 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  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