Three Wells Fargo Center

Three Wells Fargo Center
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office building
Architectural style	Postmodern
Coordinates	35.2244°N 80.8463°W / 35.2244; -80.8463
Construction started	1997
Opening	2000
Owner	Wells Fargo Bank
Management	Childress Klein Properties
Height
Roof	450 feet (140 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count	32
Floor area	931,046 square feet (86,497.0 m^2)[2]
Lifts/elevators	21
Design and construction
Architect(s)	TVS Design
Developer	Childress Klein Properties
Main contractor	Batson Cook Company
Other information
Parking	On site parking garage
Public 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 m^2) 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

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

• List of tallest buildings in Charlotte
• List of tallest buildings in North Carolina
• One Wells Fargo Center
• Two Wells Fargo Center

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.

External links

• Emporis^[usurped]
• Skyscraperpage