Peoples Bank Building

242 S. Queen St., Kinston, North Carolina. County/parish: Lenoir.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 08, 1998. NRIS 89001774.

Part of Kinston MPS (NRIS 64500365).

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Peoples Bank Building

Peoples Bank Building is a historic bank building located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built about 1923, and is a modest two-story, cinder block building, sheathed in brick and in the Classical Revival style. It has a flat roof with raised parapet ornamented by brick panels outlined in limestone. The front facade features a large arched opening with a stone surround. The building housed one of only two African-American-owned banks to operate in the city of Kinston. The bank ceased to operate in 1931, and the building has housed a number of commercial enterprises.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718157