Riggs National Bank

1503--1505 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 16, 1973. NRIS 73002113.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Riggs National Bank

Riggs National Bank is the historic former headquarters building of Riggs Bank, located at 1503–1505 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the downtown Washington, D.C. neighborhood.

Designed by architects York and Sawyer in 1899 and completed in 1902, the building is an example of Classical Revival architecture. A western office wing designed by Appleton P. Clark Jr. was added between 1922 and 1924.

Riggs National Bank was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The building is also a contributing property to the Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District and the Lafayette Square Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117692448

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