Aberdeen City HER - NJ90NW1150 - TOWN AND COUNTY BANK, 60-62 UNION STREET, ABERDEEN

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NameTOWN AND COUNTY BANK, 60-62 UNION STREET, ABERDEEN
NRHE Card No.NJ90NW510
NRHE Numlink 146975
HES SM No.
HES LB No. 20552
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Bank designed by James Matthews 1862-3, constructed for the Town and Country Bank. It is a 3 storey, 5 by 6 bay ornate Italian Renaissance bank with a variety of classical detailing. Built of granite ashlar with some channelled rustication. The Union Street elevation is symmetrical with 2-storey Corinthian pilasters separating the central bays. There are blind balustraded balconies to the first storey windows, and round-arched tripartite windows to the first storey outer bays with pink granite Ionic columned mullions. Internally there is a square-plan, 3 bay Corinthian columned entrance hall with oval cupola.
Last Update25/04/2018
Updated Bycpalmer
CompilerACU
Date of Compilation13/09/2017

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
PILASTERS CORINTHIANB100
BALCONIES BALUSTRADEDC100
CUPOLASOVAL D100
BANKS  A100