Peoples National Bank and Trust Company Building 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 ...

building located at White Plains,

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. It was built in 1929 and is a nine-story commercial building in the

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. It has an L-shaped plan and features highly finished

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

and brick materials and

terra cotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...

ornament at the street level. Above the two-story base, the building remaining stories are built of brick with limestone trim. ''See also:'' It was added to 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 v ...

in 2000.

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Buildings and structures in White Plains, New York Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Neoclassical architecture in New York (state) Office buildings completed in 1929 National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub