Planters Building

United States historic place


Planters Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Planters Bldg, December 2014
34°37′8″N 79°0′28″W / 34.61889°N 79.00778°W / 34.61889; -79.00778
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925 (1925)-1926
Architect	Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	87001913^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1987

Planters Building, also known as the First Union Bank Building, is a historic office building located at Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was designed by the firm of Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy and built in 1925–1926. It is a five-story, Classical Revival style steel frame building sheathed in brick and rusticated cast concrete. The ground levels feature round arched windows and the main entrance is reached through a barrel-arched, coffered vault. Attached to the corner of the building is an original rectangular iron-cased clock.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1] It is located in the Lumberton Commercial Historic District on the southeast corner of Chestnut and 4th Streets.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ David R. Black (April 1987). "Planters Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.