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
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Washington, D.C.
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[ It has also been known as the National Safe Deposit Company and the National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company.][
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History
It was designed by architect James H. Windrim
James Hamilton Windrim (January 4, 1840 – April 26, 1919) was a Philadelphia architect who specialized in public buildings, including the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia and the U.S. Treasury.
A number the buildings he designed are on the ...
and built in 1888. The Queen Anne Style building is constructed in red brick, and elaborately detailed with copper and terra cotta
Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous.
In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...
.National Register of Historic Places
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on March 16, 1972, and is a contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...
to the Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District.[
It is currently occupied by a branch of ]SunTrust Banks
SunTrust Banks, Inc. was an American bank holding company with SunTrust Bank as its largest subsidiary and assets of US$199 billion as of March 31, 2018. The bank's most direct corporate parent was established in 1891 in Atlanta, where it was h ...
, based in Atlanta
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, Georgia
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Places
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. SunTrust took ownership of the structure when it acquired Crestar Bank
Crestar Bank was a bank headquartered in Richmond, Virginia with branches in Virginia and Maryland. It was the leading subsidiary of Crestar Financial Corporation. In 1998, it was acquired by SunTrust Banks. At that time, it was the largest indepe ...
, which had previously taken control of the National Savings and Trust Company.
See also
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References
Commercial buildings completed in 1888
Banks based in Washington, D.C.
Historic district contributing properties in Washington, D.C.
Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Office buildings in Washington, D.C.
Queen Anne architecture in Washington, D.C.
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