Description • Architect: Charles C. Hartmann.
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• North Carolina's Tallest Building between 1923 to 1926. In early 1927, Nissen Building in Winston-Salem surpassed it. In Greensboro is surpassed by 20-story addition first known as the Jefferson-Pilot Building and later the Lincoln Financial Building, finished in 1990.
• Elements of Neo-Gothic, Neo-Romanesque, Neo-Classical, Beaux Arts and Art Deco styles are present in building.
• In National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
• Above the doorway has a bust of Thomas Jefferson, his company name gives the building name, and as representation of thrift and economy, it is found on either side of ground floor windows, Buffalo nickels.
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