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Central National Bank Building (Peoria, Illinois)
The Central National Bank Building, also known as the Central Building, is a ten-story building located at 103 Southwest Adams Street in downtown Peoria, Illinois, United States. It was designed by the architectural firm of Daniel Burnham in 1913-1914; Burnham himself had died two years before its completion, and at the time his office was the largest architecture firm in the world. The building has a Renaissance Revival design, a popular style at the time. The design features pilasters dividing the windows on the first two floors, spandrels above the first-floor windows, and terra cotta cornice lines above the second and third floors.[2]
Central National Bank Building | |
The Central Building as a South Side Bank branch, 2006 | |
| Location | 103 SW Adams St., Peoria, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′30″N 89°35′24″W / 40.69167°N 89.59000°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1913-1914 |
| Architect | G.R. Graham, P. Anderson, Edward Probst (D.H. Burnham Company)[2] |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003450[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1978 |
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1978.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Central National Bank Building," (PDF), National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, HAARGIS Database. Retrieved 14 April 2007.