George Wythe Hotel - Wytheville, Va
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fatcat161
N 36° 57.020 W 081° 04.973
17S E 492620 N 4089365
Located at 170 E Main St. Currently used by BB&T (Branch Bank & Trust).
Waymark Code: WM6G06
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2009
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One of the newer building in the historic district of Wytheville which is roughly bounded by Monroe, Eleventh, Jefferson and Twelfth Sts. and W. Railroad Ave.
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visit link) page 48:
170 E. Main St. George Wythe Hotel. 1927. 139-29-220. C.
Classical Revival four-story brick building with five-course American-bond walls with headerstretcher courses every sixth course, a flat roof, and simple massing. The front elevation has a slightly recessed center section from which extends a one-story portico supported by Corinthian columns, paired at the comers, and with a balcony bordered by a wooden Chinese-inspired railing. The front entry has double doors and a transom in a classical surround. Large roundarched windows extend across the first-story front, and 616-sash square-headed windows light the upper stories. At the top of each of the slightly projecting flankers are 616-sash windows in round-arched surrounds with decorative swags in the arches. The top story has other ornamental features such as herringbone and header-bond brick panels, a center panel with three paterae, and, on the parapet, free-standing urns. Other features of the exterior include one-story wings, a side entry canopy, and a four-story elevator tower and a bank drive-through canopy to the rear. The hotel lobby has &-standing square columns and matching pilasters with classically inspired capitals. Other public spaces feature archways, crown moldings, and paneling.