{"id":137,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:12","latitude":35.77575399999999916644810582511126995086669921875,"longitude":-78.6388170000000172876752912998199462890625,"title":"(former) Branch Banking and Trust Building","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/7664bec4286a30063d9492baf136d4c9.jpg","address":"333 Fayetteville Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"When Wilson-based BB&amp;T moved to Raleigh, it needed an architectural statement to underscore its ambition. Emery Roth &amp; Sons, New York architects famous for the Pan Am Building in New York City, delivered a Manhattan-caliber skyscraper perfectly scaled to Raleigh&#039;s skyline. The International Style building owes a debt to Mies van der Rohe&#039;s influential 1958 Seagram Building in New York, incorporating into the facade vertical mullions shaped like I-beams, a nod to the structural frame. Polished black granite and glass curtain walls at the first and second floors contribute a luxe feel. The lobby and banking floor, designed by G. Milton Small, were removed in 1998.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1963-1965","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/BranchBankingAndTrustBuilding(BB&TBuilding)_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(former) Branch Banking and Trust Building Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/7664bec4286a30063d9492baf136d4c9.jpg":{"id":207,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Branch Banking and Trust Building, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/7664bec4286a30063d9492baf136d4c9.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/fb7d466034b23e6171d140dcb62a7e77.jpg":{"id":208,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Branch Banking and Trust Building, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/fb7d466034b23e6171d140dcb62a7e77.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/6e1af5e834254d71d997bbf6a351aeee.jpg":{"id":470,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Branch Banking and Trust Building, 1966","description":"Image courtesy of the Carolina Power and Light Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/6e1af5e834254d71d997bbf6a351aeee.jpg"}}}