The Main Street Banking Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located in downtown

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. The district encompasses 19 contributing buildings located south of the

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and west of the Shockoe Slip Historic District. It is the location of a number of buildings built for or occupied by

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 ...

ing institutions. The district includes representative examples of the

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and International Style architecture built between about 1865 and 1965. Notable buildings include the Virginia Employment Commission Building (1960), the 700 Building (1964), the Ross Building (1964), the Fidelity Building (1965). Located in the district is the separately listed First National Bank Building. an
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in 2005, with a boundary increase in 2013.

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