Chapin National Bank Building

Chapin National Bank Building
Chapin National Bank Building
Location Springfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°6′16″N 72°35′42″W / 42.10444°N 72.59500°W / 42.10444; -72.59500Coordinates: 42°6′16″N 72°35′42″W / 42.10444°N 72.59500°W / 42.10444; -72.59500
Area less than one acre
Built 1917 (1917)
Architect Mowbray and Uffinger
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Downtown Springfield MRA
NRHP reference #

83000742

[1]
Added to NRHP February 24, 1983

The Chapin National Bank Building is a historic bank building at 1675-1677 Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1917 for a bank founded in 1872 by Chester Chapin, it is a notable local example of Classical Revival architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It now houses other commercial businesses.

Description and history

The Chapin National Bank Building is located in downtown Springfield, at the northeast corner of Main and Lyman Streets. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of cast stone. The Lyman Street facade has a classical Doric frieze, with four monumental fluted columns set in antis. The Main Street facade originally had a similar appearance, except for the main building entrance, but this has been obscured or replaced by modern paneling, leaving only the frieze below the roofline.[2]

Chester Chapin, a native of nearby Ludlow, made a fortune first in stagecoach operations, and then in railroads and other businesses. He founded a bank in 1872, which was formally chartered as Chapin National Bank in 1878. Chapin was a city selectman and served a single term in the United States Congress (1875-77). This building was built in 1917, on the site of a previous building of the same bank. It was designed by Mowbray and Uffinger, architects from New York City, and remains a distinctive example of Classical Revival architecture in the city despite its facade alterations.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Chapin National Bank Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
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