200 South Tryon is a tall high-rise in
Charlotte,
North Carolina
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.
It was completed in 1961 and has 18 floors. It is the 19th tallest building in the city. Gerald D. Hines Interests purchased what was then called the
BB&T
BB&T Corporation (previously known as the Branch Banking and Trust Company) was one of the largest banking and financial services firms in the United States, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2019, BB&T announced its intentions to merge ...
Building in December 1998 and began a renovation process that added another floor which was completed in 2001. and in the process was upgraded to contain all Class B office space.
When completed as the
NCNB Building,
the building stood as the first glass
high-rise in North Carolina. The NCNB Building and the
George Cutter Building across the street may have been the state's first
Miesian glass and
steel
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skyscrapers.
Both buildings were based on the
Lever House
Lever House is a office building at 390 Park Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Constructed from 1950 to 1952, the building was designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merr ...
building in
New York City
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.
The
Commercial National Bank Building, completed in 1912 and 12 stories tall, once stood on the site.
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See also
* List of tallest buildings in Charlotte
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References
External links
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Charlotte Business Journal
Office buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina
Office buildings completed in 1961
Uptown Charlotte
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