Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Baltimore Branch - Historic Building

Historic Building

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: 114 E. Lexington St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates: 39°17′28″N 76°36′47″W / 39.29111°N 76.61306°W / 39.29111; -76.61306Coordinates: 39°17′28″N 76°36′47″W / 39.29111°N 76.61306°W / 39.29111; -76.61306
Built: 1926
Architect: Taylor & Fisher
Architectural style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 2nd Renaissance Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 83002933
Added to NRHP: January 27, 1983

The Baltimore Federal Reserve Branch Bank is a historic bank and office building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a masonry and steel, ten story building and five bays wide on each elevation, designed in 1926 in the Second Renaissance Revival Style. The exterior features rusticated limestone facing, with carvings and enormous arched windows on the first floor. The interior features an enormous main banking room with floors, teller stations, and Corinthian columns all of polished marble. It was expanded in 1956. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is included within the Baltimore National Heritage Area

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