Noxon Bank Building
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Noxon Bank Building is a historic bank
building located at Crescent
in Saratoga County, New York
. It was built in 1842 and is a three story, square, hipped roof structure of brick and stone in the Greek Revival
style. There is a two story, hipped roofed brick wing. The entrance features cut limestone
Tuscan order
columns and pilasters.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2003.
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
building located at Crescent
Crescent, New York
Crescent is a hamlet in the town of Halfmoon, New York. It lies on the north bank of the Hudson River in Saratoga County. The Erie Canal originally entered this community over an aqueduct, today it is the location of the Crescent Bridge carrying US Route 9 from Albany County. In 1860 the population...
in Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 219,607. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Ballston Spa...
. It was built in 1842 and is a three story, square, hipped roof structure of brick and stone in the Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style. There is a two story, hipped roofed brick wing. The entrance features cut limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
Tuscan order
Tuscan order
Among canon of classical orders of classical architecture, the Tuscan order's place is due to the influence of the Italian Sebastiano Serlio, who meticulously described the five orders including a "Tuscan order", "the solidest and least ornate", in his fourth book of Regole generalii di...
columns and pilasters.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2003.