Built in 1879 and enlarged twelve years later, it is one of the city's most elaborately decorated buildings.

It was designed by George M. Harding, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

[1] The Belfast National Bank Building stands at the five-way intersection of Main, Beaver, and Church Streets at the historic commercial center of the city.

[2] The building was designed by Portland based architect George M. Harding and built in 1878-79 by Israel Wood Parker of Belfast, when the city was at its height as a shipping and shipbuilding center.

This pair also notably collaborated on Belfast's Masonic Hall, which also faces the same intersection.