Second National Bank
- Architect
- Appleton P. Clark, Jr.
- Year
- 1927
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- the city beautiful
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Second National Bank was organized in 1872, and this 1927-1928 building at 1331-1333 G Street NW was its second headquarters, designed by Washington architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The banking room occupied the main floor, with rental office space above.
the building
Limestone and bronze facade. The exterior is faced in limestone with bronze infills, an example of the flattened neoclassicism common to 1920s commercial bank buildings.
the style
Clark designed the bank in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, part of the flattened, streamlined neoclassicism popular for commercial buildings in the 1920s.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Appleton P. Clark Jr. was a Washington architect who designed the building, completed 1927-1928.
significance
The building is DC Historic Landmark #L_0244 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
nearby
- Federal-American National Bank
- Church of the Epiphany
- Westory Building
- Commercial National Bank
- Bond Building
- Brownley Building