Colonial National Bank, also known as Colonial American National Bank-Colonial Arms, is a historic

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

and

office An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific du ...

building located at

Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke ( ) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 100,011, making it the 8th most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the largest city in Virginia west of Richmond. It is ...

. It was built in 1926–1927, and is a 12-story, granite and gray-enamel brick building in the Neoclassical style. The base is formed by the first three stories of regular granite ashlar; the shaft is formed by the next seven stories of unornamented gray-enamel brick; and the capital is formed by the last two stories which are ornamented. The building has a three-story annex built in two stages in 1949 and 1959. The building was Roanoke's tallest building for nearly fifty years. an
''Accompanying photo''
/ref> The building's lower floors are where the bank's business traditionally was completed, while the ten upper floors were rented as offices. The granite exterior of the building is now home to apartments and the HomeTown Bank.Colonial American National Bank Building." 2018. Roanoke Times
Discover History & Heritage
Page 31. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1983.

References

Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Neoclassical architecture in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in Roanoke, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Roanoke, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia {{RoanokeCityVA-NRHP-stub