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National Loan and Exchange Bank Building

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Built
  
1903 (1903)

MPS
  
Columbia MRA

Opened
  
1903

Added to NRHP
  
2 March 1979

Built by
  
Cain, John

NRHP Reference #
  
79003374

Area
  
400 m²

National Loan and Exchange Bank Building

Location
  
1338 Main St., Columbia, South Carolina

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Similar
  
Kress Building, Eau Claire Town Hall and Surv, Chapelle Administration Building, W B Smith Whaley House, Bethel AME Church

National Loan and Exchange Bank Building, also known as the Barringer Building, is a historic bank and office building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1903, and is a 12-story, steel frame building faced in brick and stone. It measures 184 feet high and is considered Columbia’s first skyscraper. The building was owned by the Barringer Corporation from 1953 until 1974.

Map of Barringer Building, 1338 Main St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

National Loan and Exchange Bank Building Wikipedia