20 March 1926. 13 Ibid, p. 10. The original East Trade Street facade of Belk Brothers Department Store, built in 1908, has witnessed numerous alterations. Major changes include an extension of the original facade in 1927, alterations in the floor on the street level, probably done in the early 1960s, and the restoration of the facade and the addition of an overstreet walkway to connect the store with the Radisson Hotel across Trade Street in 1976. The ends of the facade were sheathed in granite.
Old photographs show that a large awning sheltered the span of the store front.
Other decoration, designed to soften the commercial store front, included classical motifs such as dentil work, triglyphs and metopes, rosettes, and stone brackets. A multi-sectioned bay window comprised the central portion of the second, third, and fourth stories, each floor containing three windows, either plate glass or casement. Other ornament included a balustrade under the central fenestration of the fourth floor. A bay containing casement windows and cartouche panels flanked the center bay on either side and extended up the three floors. Limestone was used to divide window sections, while the ends of these stories were articulated with terra cotta and brick quoining.