Commercial Building (Planters and Merchants Bank)

Commercial Building (Planters and Merchants Bank)

Commercial Building (Planters and Merchants Bank) HABS; Photograph by Tim Buchman
1891. 209 Main St.

The most arresting sight on Main Street is this blue-painted former bank. The building's two-story central block is set back between flanking one-story wings with polygonal storefront facades forming a shallow courtyard. The building's elaborate decoration is in brick, stone, terra-cotta, and pressed metal. The building was conceived as a business complex with the bank occupying the central section and other tenants in the wings.

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