The National Bank of Commerce Building is a historic commercial building at 200 S. Pruett St. in downtown

Paragould, Arkansas Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...

. It is a two-story structure, built out of cut stone, with a center entrance recessed in a two-story opening with flanking Ionic columns. This

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

style building, probably the finest of its style in Greene County, and the least-altered bank building of the period in Paragould, was designed by the

Memphis Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt * Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city Memphis may also refer to: Places United States * Memphis, Alabama * Memphis, Florida * Memphis, Indiana * Memp ...

firm of Hankers and Cairns and was built in 1923. 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 1993.

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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Buildings and structures in Paragould, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas {{GreeneCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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