State Bank and Trust Company Building

The State Bank and Trust Company Building, more commonly known as the Belvada,[2] is a historic bank building located at 102 Brougher Avenue in Tonopah, Nevada. The building was constructed in 1906 for the State Bank and Trust Company, a local bank founded in 1902. Architect George E. Holesworth designed the building in the Classical Revival style. Holesworth's design features granite pilasters separating the building's bays, a dentillated metil cornice with modillions along the roof, and an egg-and-dart cornice at the top of the first floor. The bank moved into the building in June 1907, but it only occupied it for four months. The bank had lent the L.M. Sullivan Trust Company, a land speculating company, a large sum, and when the company failed, the bank did as well. In 1908, the Nevada Club Saloon opened in the building; it was joined by the First National Bank of Nevada later in the year.[3] The five-story building and the nearby Mizpah Hotel, also five stories, were the tallest buildings in the state until 1927.[4]

State Bank and Trust Company
State Bank and Trust Company Building (left)
Location102 Brougher, Tonopah, Nevada
Coordinates38.06791°N 117.23127°W / 38.06791; -117.23127
Arealess than one acre
Built1906 (1906)
ArchitectHolesworth, George E.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSTonopah MRA
NRHP reference No.82003247[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 1982

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1982.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Nye County Agenda". Nye County, Nevada. April 18, 2006. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  3. Janus Associates (September 1980). "Nye County Historic Property Survey: State Bank and Trust Company Building". Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  4. Bryan, Eric (March 2012). "Ferris and His Big Wheel". Nevada Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2017.


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