Second Bank of the United States
- Also Known As: Old Custom House
- Address: 420 Chestnut St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1818/00/00 | William Strickland | Architect | Construction begins on the Second Bank of the United States' building. | |||
1820/00/00 | Isaiah Lukens | Clockmaker | Isaiah Luken's clock installed on the Second Bank of the United States building. | |||
1823/01/06 | Nicholas Biddle | Work | Nicholas Biddle begins working as president of the Second Bank of the United States. | |||
1824/00/00 | Second Bank of the United States building is completed. | |||||
1836/03/01 | Matthew Newkirk | Work | Matthew Newkirk ends his work as a Director of the Second Bank of the United States. | |||
1836/03/03 | Nicholas Biddle | Work | Nicholas Biddle finishes his position as the last president of the Second Bank of the United States. | |||
1842/03/06 | Charles Dickens | Visitor | Charles Dickens writes to Edgar Poe from the United States Hotel, Philadelphia (423 Chestnut St, razed 1856) thanking Poe for sending him "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque". | Charles Dickens' 1842 Tour of America | ||
1842/03/07 | Edgar Allan Poe | Admirer | Edgar Poe meets Charles Dickens at the United States Hotel (423 Chestnut St, razed 1856). Dickens agrees to try to find an English publisher for Poe's "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque". | Charles Dickens' 1842 Tour of America |
Particulars for Second Bank of the United States: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Economics |
Owner | Federal |
Historic Use | Financial Institution |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Law, Legal System |
Level of Significance | National |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
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