Metropolitan Savings Bank Building
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The Metropolitan Savings Bank Building opened on May 30, 1867,[2] at the northeast corner of Third Avenue and East 7th Street, in Manhattan, New York City. Its original address was 10 Cooper Institute (now 61 Cooper Square).[3] The building, which was designed by architect Carl Pfeiffer in Second Empire style,[4] is four stories high, 45 feet (14 m) wide and 75 feet (23 m) deep, and was considered at the time it opened to be one of the most finely constructed edifices, "from garret to basement." Its facades were composed of white marble, with the upper floor being enclosed by a mansard roof. The building was fireproof, as no combustible materials were used during construction, either internally or externally. The entire cost of the structure was $150,000.
Metropolitan Savings Bank | |
Location | 9 E. 7th St., New York, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°43′44″N 73°59′24″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1867 |
Architect | Pfeiffer, Carl |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
NRHP reference No. | 76001243[1] |
NYCL No. | 0183 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
Designated NYCL | November 19, 1969 |
The Metropolitan Savings Bank was chartered in New York in 1852. In 1935 the bank moved its headquarters from Cooper Square to 754 Broadway.[5] In 1942, it merged with the Manhattan Savings Institution (founded 1852) and the Citizens Savings Bank to form the Manhattan Savings Bank.[6] In 1990, Edmund Safra's Republic National Bank bought the Manhattan Savings Bank, and was in turn purchased by HSBC in 1999.[7][8]
The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1969,[4] and was added to the National Register of Historic Place in 1979.