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{{Infobox NRHP
 | name = First National Bank
 | nrhp_type = 
 | image = First National Bank Lewiston.jpg
 | caption = 
 | location = 157-163 Main Street,<br/>[[Lewiston, Maine]]
 | coordinates = {{coord|44|5|55|N|70|13|6|W|display=inline,title}}
 | locmapin = Maine#USA
 | area =
 | built = 1903
 | architect =
 | architecture = Classical Revival
 | added = April 25, 1986
 | mpsub = Lewiston Commercial District MRA
 | refnum = 86002282<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
}}

The '''First National Bank''' is a historic commercial building in [[Lewiston, Maine]].  Built about 1903 for the city's first chartered bank,  it is a fine local example of French-inspired Classical Revival architecture.  The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name="nris"/>

==Description and history==
The First National Bank building is located on the south side of Main Street ([[United States Route 202]]) in downtown Lewiston, marking the end of a block of brick and masonry buildings at the junction of Main and Lisbon Streets.  It is a three-story building with brick walls and cast stone trim.  The main facade is four bays wide, with a first floor of modernized storefronts.  The bays of the upper floors are demarcated by fluted Doric pilasters, with th esecond-floor windows having square hooded trim, and the third floor windows having segmented-arch lintels.  The pilasters support an entablature, above which a modillioned and dentillated cornice projects.  The third floor windows have wrought iron balconies supported by cast stone brackets.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86002282}}|title=NRHP nomination for First National Bank|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-06-30}}</ref>

The Lewiston Falls Bank, later the First National Bank, was founded in 1852, and was instrumental in financing the growth of Lewiston's textile mills in the period before the [[American Civil War]].  This building, whose architect is unknown, was built for the institution about 1903.  When it was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986, it was occupied by the bank's successor, Norstar Bank.<ref name=NRHP/>  The building presently houses other retail and commercial businesses.

==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine]]

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}

[[Category:Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lewiston, Maine]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lewiston, Maine]]