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National City Bank

  • Also Known As: Merchant's Exchange also First National City Bank Building

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Isaiah Rogers Architect
McKim, Mead and White Architect
1866/00/00 Herman Melville Work Herman Melville is appointed to a clerkship in the New York custom-house.
1885/12/31 Herman Melville Work Melville retires as a customs inspector for New York City with a reputation for honesty in a notoriously corrupt institution.
1899/00/00
1904/00/00

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Particulars for National City Bank:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Historic Use Financial Institution
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 2nd June 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: National City Bank
Registry Address: 55 Wall St.
Registry Number: 78001875
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Rogers,Isaiah; McKim,Mead, White
Architectural Style: Greek revival
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1899, 1904
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Financial institution
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Professional

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