The National Loan and Exchange Bank Building, also known as the Barringer Building, is a historic bank and office building located at 1338 Main Street in Columbia, South Carolina. Built in 1903, the 12-story structure is a steel frame building faced in brick and stone.
Measuring 184 feet high, the building is considered Columbia's first skyscraper. Architect James Brite designed the structure, which has served various commercial interests over the decades.
The Barringer Corporation owned the building from 1953 until 1974. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, preserved as a significant example of early 20th-century commercial architecture.
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