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Three Wells Fargo Center

Skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina

35°13′28″N 80°50′47″W / 35.2244°N 80.8463°W / 35.2244; -80.8463Construction started1997Opening2000OwnerWells Fargo BankManagementChildress Klein PropertiesHeightRoof450 feet (140 m)^[1]Technical detailsFloor count32Floor area931,046 square feet (86,497.0 m²)^[2]Lifts/elevators21Design and constructionArchitect(s)TVS DesignDeveloperChildress Klein PropertiesMain contractorBatson Cook CompanyOther informationParkingOn site parking garagePublic transit access

3rd Street/CC

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.

History

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Three Wells Fargo Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ Sharipo, Amy (22 October 2022). "Wachovia a year later: Charlotte's largest office buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
^ Tannenbaum, Fred (2002-01-18). "Wachovia Renames Charlotte's First Union Buildings". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
^ "Charlotte". 2001. Archived from the original on April 25, 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ Rothacker, Rick (2010-12-14). "Wells Fargo changing names of uptown towers". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
^ Jett, Tyler. "Wells Fargo heritage museum in downtown Des Moines is history". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^ "Museums: Charlotte". Wells Fargo History. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
^ 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.