Professional Building, also known as the American Bank and Trust Company building, is a historic commercial building located at

Suffolk, Virginia Suffolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and as such has no county. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,324. It is the 9th most populous city in Virginia and the largest city in Virginia by boundary land area as ...

. It was built between 1916 and 1919, and is a seven-story, steel frame building with Pyrobar fireproofing. The building measures 35.2 feet wide by 81 feet deep. It is 80 feet tall and has

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style architectural details. an
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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 v ...

in 1999. It is located in the

Suffolk Historic District Suffolk Historic District is a national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia. The district encompasses 514 contributing buildings, 3 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in Suffolk. The district includes a variety of re ...

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in Suffolk, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia {{SuffolkVA-NRHP-stub