Three Wells Fargo Center

Three Wells Fargo Center is a 450-foot (137 m) high rise in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] Completed in 2000, the building consists of 32 floors with 890,000 square feet (83,000 m2) of office space; it also includes an underground parking garage, an attached 10-story low-rise known as the Ratcliffe on the Green, and connects to Two Wells Fargo Center via skybridge, as part of the Overstreet Mall.

Three Wells Fargo Center
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice building
Architectural stylePostmodern
Coordinates35.2244°N 80.8463°W / 35.2244; -80.8463
Construction started1997
Opening2000
OwnerWells Fargo Bank
ManagementChildress Klein Properties
Height
Roof450 feet (140 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count32
Floor area931,046 square feet (86,497.0 m2)[2]
Lifts/elevators21
Design and construction
Architect(s)TVS Design
DeveloperChildress Klein Properties
Main contractorBatson Cook Company
Other information
ParkingOn site parking garage
Public transit accessLight rail interchange 3rd Street/CC

History
Three Wells Fargo Center (left) and One Wells Fargo Center (back) as seen from the Mint Museum courtyard steps.

Prior to the First Union-Wachovia merger, this building was called Three First Union Center.[3][4] In December 2010, as a result of Wells Fargo's 2008 purchase of Wachovia, the building was renamed from Three Wachovia Center to Three Wells Fargo Center.[5]

Museum

A branch of the Wells Fargo History Museum was located in the building, until all but one of the bank's thirteen museums were closed to align with corporate strategy.[6] The museum's exhibits included gold mining in North Carolina, a 19th-century stagecoach, and a model of an 1889 Wachovia Bank branch from Winston-Salem.[7] In 2022, the facility the museum was housed at was donated to the Levine Museum of the New South.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Three Wells Fargo Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. Sharipo, Amy (22 October 2022). "Wachovia a year later: Charlotte's largest office buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  3. Tannenbaum, Fred (2002-01-18). "Wachovia Renames Charlotte's First Union Buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  4. "Charlotte". 2001. Archived from the original on April 25, 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. Rothacker, Rick (2010-12-14). "Wells Fargo changing names of uptown towers". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  6. Jett, Tyler. "Wells Fargo heritage museum in downtown Des Moines is history". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  7. "Museums: Charlotte". Wells Fargo History. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. Kramon, Charlotte (June 16, 2022). "Levine Museum finds a new home in Charlotte, with an assist from Wells Fargo". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
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