Tucker County Bank Building

Tucker County Bank Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
From 1st Street, looking North
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Location	1000 Walnut St., Parsons, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°05′49.1″N79°40′47.2″W / 39.096972°N 79.679778°W / 39.096972; -79.679778
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	10000579 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 26, 2010

Tucker County Bank Building is a historic bank building located at Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was built in 1901, and is a three-story brick commercial building with a rusticated ashlar base and accents in the Romanesque Revival style. It features a corner turret with angled entrance. The building housed the Tucker County Bank until 1969. Over time, it also housed a Masonic Lodge, the Board of Education, a telephone company, doctor's offices, law firms, insurance agencies, a bus depot, a soda fountain and a drug store. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/23/10 through 8/27/10. National Park Service. September 3, 2010.
2. Michael J. Mills (January 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tucker County Bank Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.