The National Park Bank was founded in 1856 in New York City

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, and by the late 19th century, it did more commercial business than any other bank in the country. In 1911, it acquired the Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

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 Company. It was consolidated with Chase National Bank

Chase (bank)

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 in 1929.

The bank built a significant Second Empire-style early skyscraper, designed by New York architect Griffith Thomas

Griffith Thomas

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and finished in 1868. The building stood at 214-218 Broadway.