National Savings and Trust Company

National Savings and Trust Company
Location New York Avenue and 15th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′57″N 77°2′1″W / 38.89917°N 77.03361°W / 38.89917; -77.03361Coordinates: 38°53′57″N 77°2′1″W / 38.89917°N 77.03361°W / 38.89917; -77.03361
Built 1888
Architect James H. Windrim
Architectural style Queen Anne Style
NRHP reference # 72001428[1]
Added to NRHP March 16, 1972

The National Savings and Trust Company is a historic bank building located at the corner of New York Avenue and 15th Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C.[1] It has also been known as the National Safe Deposit Company and the National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company.[1]

History

It was designed by architect James H. Windrim and built in 1888. The Queen Anne Style building is constructed in red brick, and elaborately detailed with copper and terra cotta.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972, and is a contributing property to the Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District.[1][2]

It is currently occupied by a branch of SunTrust Banks, based in Atlanta, Georgia. SunTrust took ownership of the structure when it acquired Crestar Bank, which had previously taken control of the National Savings and Trust Company.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System – (#72001428)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "DC Inventory of Historic Sites - N" (PDF). District of Columbia: Office of Planning. Government of the District of Columbia. September 6, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gilpin, Kenneth N. (July 21, 1998). "Suntrust to Grow With Purchase of Crestar". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Knight, Jerry (January 16, 1992). "Crestar's Gift for Grabbing Thrifts". The Washington Post.


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