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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
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Financial Institution
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Level of Significance National



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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