The TowneBank Building (formerly the Norfolk Southern Tower) is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of
Downtown Norfolk,
Virginia
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,
United States
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. The building was notable as being the corporate headquarters of one of the United States' five
Class I railroads,
Norfolk Southern, until the relocation of their headquarters to
Atlanta, GA in 2021. The tower was completed in 1989 at the corner of Main Street and Commercial Place in the business district of Downtown Norfolk.
The current tenancy of the building is split between the financial services wing of
TowneBank
TowneBank is a bank headquartered in Suffolk, Virginia with 44 branches in Virginia and North Carolina. They have owned the naming rights to TowneBank Stadium and TowneBank Tower at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium since 2019.
While remaining headquartere ...
and information offices of
CHKD.
Norfolk Southern Museum
From the time of their tenancy, the first floor of the tower featured the free Norfolk Southern Museum detailing the history of Norfolk Southern, which was created from numerous mergers over the last two centuries. Displays included photos, brochures, sections of Civil War-era track, vintage hand tools, a locomotive simulator, luggage tags, and diagrams to teach hand signals to railroad trainees and a 900-pound railroad coupler.
See also
List of tallest buildings in Norfolk, Virginia
The history of high-rises in Norfolk, Virginia, began in the early 1900s with the construction of such structures as the 12-story Royster Building in 1912.
The skyline of Downtown Norfolk remained relatively low to mid-rise until the 1960s whic ...
References
External links
Norfolk Southern Museum
Buildings and structures in Norfolk, Virginia
Office buildings completed in 1989
Skyscraper office buildings in Norfolk, Virginia
Downtown Norfolk, Virginia
1989 establishments in Virginia
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