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Summary

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

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Date

1901
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Mason, Anne, transmitter
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Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,  39.94829, -75.14611
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Library of Congress
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