Home Builders Association

The longer story.

The plaque at 103 North Second Street records three dates in the history of a local financial institution. Home Builders Association began serving customers here on July 1, 1911. Home Savings Bank returned to the site on September 5, 2008. On April 1, 2014, it merged with Bank of North Carolina.

Despite its name, this marker concerns the institution that became Home Savings Bank; it should not be confused with a present-day trade association for construction businesses. The marker is placed beside the main entrance. HMdb’s 2024 photograph identifies the building then occupied by Pinnacle Financial Partners, a dated observation rather than a guarantee of the current tenant.

Research: HMdb: marker photographs, transcription & location ↗

How to read this place.

A bank plaque can make institutional continuity appear simple. Here the useful questions concern the changing name, location and organization behind the dates. Treat the three events as a framework for research in business records and city directories. The marker does not supply assets, customer counts, lending totals or a continuous occupancy history; those statistics should not be inferred from the institution’s longevity.