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The building was built in 1888 as a branch of The Bank of Washington. It was designed by James G. Hill and Daniel J. Macarty. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. In 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its Romanesque and Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.
The National Bank of Tacoma Building, also known as the National Bank of Washington and as the Tacoma Art Museum, is a former bank building in downtown Tacoma, Washington, United States. It was designed by Sutton & Whitney and built in 1921. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]
The bank was initially located on Capitol Hill but in 1828, it moved to a building on 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. [1] In 1821, the bank launched a "savings fund" offering depositors a rate of 4%. [1] In 1888, the National Bank of Washington, Washington Branch was constructed. In 1907, the bank acquired Central National Bank. [2]
The bank was formed as a merger between two other banks in 1923. Hamilton National Bank inhabited the building after the banking crisis of 1933. More recently it housed the National Bank of Washington. Architecture. Architects Alfred C. Bossom and Jules Henri de Sibour designed the building.
The First Bank of the United States was a national bank chartered by Congress in 1791, following the Bank of North America, the nation's first de facto national bank. It was part of a plan by Alexander Hamilton to improve the nation's credit and financial system, but faced opposition from Thomas Jefferson and the Whiskey Rebellion.
Riggs Bank was a Washington, D.C.-based bank that served U.S. presidents and embassies for over a century. It was acquired by PNC in 2005 after facing money laundering allegations involving Chile, Saudi Arabia and September 11.
Safeco Plaza is a 50-story skyscraper in Downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., that was the tallest building in the city from 1969 to 1985. It is the headquarters of Safeco Insurance and has a rooftop helipad, a sculpture by Henry Moore, and a history of bank mergers and acquisitions.
The Central National Bank, also known as the Dorothy I. Height Building, or Apex Building, is the national headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women. It is located at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Penn Quarter neighborhood.