The National Metropolitan Bank Building is an historic structure located at 655 15th Street, NW in
Downtown
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Washington, D.C.
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History
B. Stanley Simmons of the architectural firm of Gordon, Tracy & Swartout designed the
Beaux-Arts style building. It was built from 1905 to 1907.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1978.
In 1986, its
façade
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In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important asp ...
was incorporated into a new office building,
'Metropolitan Square', designed by
Vlastimil Koubek and
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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.
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1907 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Commercial buildings completed in 1907
Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington, D.C.
Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Washington, D.C.
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