Bank of Western Carolina

National Register Listing

Street Address:

126 Main St., Lexington, SC (Lexington County)

Alternate Name:

Lexington State Bank

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NRHP Nomination Form

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Record Number:

S10817732052

Description and Narrative:

Stylistically unique among the town's architecture, the bank building is an important landmark as one of five commercial buildings that survived the 1916 fire. The Bank of Western Carolina is a one-story, rectangular, brick building with a tiled hip roof, which was constructed ca. 1912. Paired eaves brackets and an arched entry with molded surround are the building's only decorative elements. The right elevation has three one-over-one windows. A low masonry extension was added to the rear of the building in the late 1960s and the interior has been completely remodeled. The Lexington branch of the Bank of Western Carolina, which was based in Aiken, operated in this building from ca. 1912 until the bank failure of 1931. It was thereafter operated as an insurance agency by E.G. Dreher until 1966 when the Lexington State Bank was organized by local businessmen to provide a home town bank. Listed in the National Register November 22, 1983.

Period of Significance:

circa 1912

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

1983-11-22

Date of Boundary Increase:

No Boundary Increase

Location:

Lexington County;Lexington City

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