Virginia Bank and Trust Building, also known as the Auslew Gallery 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

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...

. It was designed by the architectural firm of

Wyatt & Nolting Wyatt & Nolting was an architectural partnership of James Bosley Noel Wyatt (1847–1926) and William G. Nolting (1866–1940). The partnership completed numerous works that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places: * Emmanue ...

and built in 1908–1909. It is a four-story, Beaux Arts style building. It features

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

and

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

engaged columns and pilasters. 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 1984.

References

Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Beaux-Arts architecture in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1909 Buildings and structures in Norfolk, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk, Virginia {{NorfolkVA-NRHP-stub