First Bank of the United States

LOC URL

https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.pa0850.sheet/?sp=7

LOC Title

First Bank of the United States, 120 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

LOC Contributor Names

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Mason, Anne, transmitter

LOC Created/Published

Documentation compiled after 1933

LOC Subject Headings

banks
- business & finance
- national parks & reserves
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia County -- Philadelphia

LOC Notes

Significance: Built 1795-97, Samuel Blodgett, designer and Joseph P. Le Grand, marble mason. It served as the Bank of the U.S. from 1797-1812 and as the Bank of Stephen Girard's, 1812-1864. Later occupied by the Girard National Bank, 1864-1926. The interior was drastically altered in 1901, James Windrim, architect. It was purchased for the Independence National Historical Park Project in 1954.
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-239
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N179
- Survey number: HABS PA-1417
- Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work
- National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87001292

EEC Creators

Historic American Buildings Survey

EEC Source Year

1933

EEC Format

Image

EEC Type of Source

Illustration

EEC Theme Topic

Legislative Branch - Implied Powers

EEC Index Number

345