20 Exchange Place
- Architect
- Cross & Cross
- Year
- 1931
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Manhattan, NY
20 Exchange Place, originally the City Bank-Farmers Trust Building, is a skyscraper in the Financial District completed in 1931 and designed by Cross & Cross as headquarters for the City Bank-Farmers Trust Company, predecessor of Citigroup. Rising about 741 feet with 57 usable stories, it was one of the city's tallest buildings and the world's tallest stone-clad building at completion; plans to make it the world's tallest were scaled back due to the Great Depression.
the building
Giants of finance. The granite and limestone lower facade fills an irregular quadrilateral block and contains piers with figures depicting the 'giants of finance,' along with decorations by British sculptor David Evans.
Exchange Place entrance. The main entrance on Exchange Place has a round arch with granite medallions representing the countries where City Bank Farmers Trust maintained offices.
the style
The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Cross & Cross, its granite-and-limestone base carrying figural ornament while a chamfered, offset tower rises above.
More on Art Decothe architect
Cross & Cross designed 20 Exchange Place as the headquarters of the City Bank-Farmers Trust Company, completed in 1931.
significance
20 Exchange Place is a New York City Landmark and a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- 1 William Street
- Broad Exchange Building
- 48 Wall Street
- 60 Wall Street
- 40 Wall Street
- 23 Wall Street