The Washington Branch of the National Bank of Washington is an historic bank building located in

Northwest, Washington, D.C. Northwest (NW or N.W.) is the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street. It is the largest of the four quadrants of the city (NW, NE, S ...

History

The building was built in 1888 as a

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The Bank of Washington The Bank of Washington, later named The National Bank of Washington and abbreviated as NBW, was the first bank established in Washington, D.C. After suffering from bank failure in 1990, the bank was acquired by Riggs Bank. History The bank was ch ...

. It was designed by

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and Daniel J. Macarty. It was documented by the

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. In 1974, it was added to the

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for its Romanesque and

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architecture. and

References

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Washington, D.C. Commercial buildings completed in 1888 {{WashingtonDC-NRHP-stub