Citizens Bank Building - Burnsville, NC - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Citizens Bank on the town square in Burnsville NC is a classic example of commercial architecture, an imposing building projecting stability, a bank too big to fail. But fail it did. The recent history of this building is as the Yancey County Public Library. But even the local library has abandonned the limiting historical building and now occupies a larger modern building on the outskirts of town. The historical Citizens Bank building on the town square is currently vacant.

There is a First Citizens Bank in a modern shopping center a couple of blocks south. Are these banks connected? I do not know.

Street address: 18 Town Square Burnsville, NC USA 28714 County / Borough / Parish: Yancey Year listed: 1990 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Commerce/Trade , Financial Institution Current function: Education, Library until recently Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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