Citizens Bank Building (Burnsville, North Carolina)

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Citizens Bank Building
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Former Citizens Bank Building, June 2013
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LocationTown Sq., Burnsville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°54′59″N82°18′0″W / 35.91639°N 82.30000°W / 35.91639; -82.30000 Coordinates: 35°54′59″N82°18′0″W / 35.91639°N 82.30000°W / 35.91639; -82.30000
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1925 (1925)
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No. 90000545 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1990

Citizens Bank Building, also known as the Yancey County Public Library Building, is a historic bank building located at Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, yellow brick Renaissance Revival style building. The front facade features fluted Corinthian order pilasters and arched brick openings. The building housed a bank until 1972, when it was donated for use as a county library. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Carolyn A. Humphries (October 1989). "Citizens Bank Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.