Third National Bank Building, building in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States

The Third National Bank Building is an eight-story commercial structure in Gastonia, completed in 1923 by Milburn, Heister & Company. It features a steel frame clad in red brick and stone with molded terra cotta ornaments at the top, and a prominent two-story segmental arch framing the main entrance.

Designed by Milburn, Heister & Company and completed in 1923, the eight-story steel-frame building housed the Third National Bank. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and lies within the Downtown Gastonia Historic District.

The building's name comes from the Third National Bank, the institution it was built to house in 1923. Its dark red brick and stone front, four bays wide, was meant to read as a bank on Gastonia's main commercial street. It now stands within the Downtown Gastonia Historic District, listed in 1986.

The building stands within the Downtown Gastonia Historic District, so it can be taken in on a walk through the surrounding historic streets. Its main entrance is framed by a two-story segmental arch, which makes the doorway easy to pick out from the sidewalk.

The top floor is clad in molded terra cotta, a detail easily missed from street level. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and lies within the Downtown Gastonia Historic District, so its setting is part of its listing.