The Second National Bank is a historic structure located in

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It was listed on the

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in 1994.

History

The bank was organized in 1872 and this building served as its second headquarters. It was designed by Washington architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. in the Italian

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style and was built from 1927 to 1928. The banking room was on the main floor of the building and it had rental office space above.

Architect

The building is an example of the flattened neoclassicism that was popular in the 1920s. The exterior of the building is faced with

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and features

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ...

infills.

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{{Authority control Commercial buildings completed in 1928 Renaissance Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. 1928 establishments in Washington, D.C.