Commercial National Bank, 20 East Martin St Raleigh, Wake County, NC
The Commercial National Bank is a ten-story steel and reinforced concrete tri-partie form building rendered in the Gothic Revival style. Its exterior is faced with tan brick and is embellished with elaborate stone and terra-cotta Gothic style details. Its interior contains a monumental banking lobby with marble floors and banking stations under a soaring fan vaulted painted ceiling Designed by P. Thornton Mayre, a prominent Atlanta architect, and commissioned by the Commercial National Bank in 1912, this building, then the tallest and most elaborate in Raleigh, represented the aspirations of the Raleigh business community during the city`s early twentieth century period of rapid urban growth and commercial expansion.
Commercial National Bank, 20 East Martin St Raleigh, Wake County, NC
The Commercial National Bank is a ten-story steel and reinforced concrete tri-partie form building rendered in the Gothic Revival style. Its exterior is faced with tan brick and is embellished with elaborate stone and terra-cotta Gothic style details. Its interior contains a monumental banking lobby with marble floors and banking stations under a soaring fan vaulted painted ceiling Designed by P. Thornton Mayre, a prominent Atlanta architect, and commissioned by the Commercial National Bank in 1912, this building, then the tallest and most elaborate in Raleigh, represented the aspirations of the Raleigh business community during the city`s early twentieth century period of rapid urban growth and commercial expansion.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
