Bank of Tryon Building

{{short description|Historic building in North Carolina, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Bank of Tryon Building

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| image = Bank of Tryon.jpg

| caption = Bank of Tryon Building, September 2012

| location = 16 N. Trade St., Tryon, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|12|33|N|82|14|22|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1907}}-1908

| architect OR builder =

| architecture = Romanesque

| added = January 17, 2008

| area = {{convert|0.1|acre}}

| refnum = 07001408{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Bank of Tryon Building, also known as the Tryon Daily Bulletin Building and Hester Building, is a historic bank building located at Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1907–1908, and is a two-story, two-bay, Romanesque Revival-style brick-and-stone building. It features granite quoins, second-story Palladian-type windows, and a projecting parapet. Since 1935, the building has been home to the Tryon Daily Bulletin, the world's smallest daily newspaper.{{Cite web | author =Clay Griffith| title =Bank of Tryon Building| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =August 2007 | url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/PL0057.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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