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Riggs National Bank is the historic former headquarters building of
Riggs Bank Riggs Bank was a bank headquartered in Washington, D.C. For most of its history, it was the largest bank headquartered in that city. On May 13, 2005, after the exposure of several money laundering scandals, the bank was acquired by PNC Financia ...
, located at 1503–1505
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,
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, in the
downtown Washington, D.C. Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest (Washington, D.C.), Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States. The "Traditional Downtown" has been defined as an area ...
neighborhood. Designed by architects
York and Sawyer York and Sawyer was an American architectural firm active between 1898 and 1949, subsequently as the Office of York & Sawyer, Architects; Kiff, Colean, Voss & Souder into the mid-1950s; and was succeeded by Kiff, Colean, Voss & Souder, who were ac ...
in 1899 and completed in 1902, the building is an example of
Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...
architecture. A western office wing designed by Appleton P. Clark Jr. was added between 1922 and 1924. Riggs National Bank was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1973. The building is also a contributing property to the Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District and the Lafayette Square Historic District.


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Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan and Trust Company Branch The Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan And Trust Company Branch, also known as Washington Loan and Trust, is an historic building in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It currently serves as a hotel. History It was built in 189 ...
, also NRHP-listed in Washington, D.C.


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via the
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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Commercial buildings completed in 1902 Neoclassical architecture in Washington, D.C. Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Washington, D.C. Riggs family {{WashingtonDC-NRHP-stub