Riggs National Bank is an historic former headquarters of Riggs Bank

Riggs Bank

Riggs Bank was a Washington, D.C.-based commercial bank with branches located in the surrounding metropolitan area and offices around the world. For most of its history, it was the largest bank in the nation's capital. Riggs had been controlled by the Albritton family since the 1980s, but they lost...

, located at 1503–1505 Pennsylvania Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. that joins the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street", it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches...

, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the downtown Washington, D.C.

Downtown Washington, D.C.

Downtown is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., as well as a colloquial name for the central business district in the northwest quadrant of the city. Geographically, the area extends roughly five to six blocks west, northwest, north, northeast, and east of the White House...

 neighborhood.

It was designed by architects York and Sawyer

York and Sawyer

The architectural firm of York and Sawyer produced many outstanding structures, exemplary of Beaux-Arts architecture as it was practiced in the United States. The partners Edward York and Philip Sawyer had both trained in the office of McKim, Mead, and White...

 in 1899, completed in 1902, and is an example of Classical Revival architecture.
Between 1922 and 1924, a west office wing was added.

Riggs National Bank was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1973; in addition, the building is a contributing property to the Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District and the Lafayette Square Historic District

Lafayette Square Historic District

Lafayette Square Historic District is a historic district in Washington, D.C.It includes the Lafayette Square park, and surrounding buildings. It is part of President's Park.NRHP 'travel itinerary' listing at the National Park Service...

.

See also

• Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan and Trust Company Branch
  Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan and Trust Company Branch
  Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan And Trust Company Branch, also known as Washington Loan and Trust, at the SW corner of 9th and F Sts., NW, in Washington, D.C. was built in 1891. It was a work of James G. Hill and Arthur Heaton. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in...
  
  , also NRHP-listed in Washington, D.C.

External links

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/4920325000/