{"nrhp_refnum":"03000847","name":"Bank of New York Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"48 Wall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70644110500007,"lon":-74.00912032699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Economics"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A thirty-two-story limestone-clad skyscraper at 48 Wall Street, on the northeast corner of Wall and William streets in Manhattan's financial district. Designed by Benjamin Wistar Morris and erected in 1927-29 as headquarters of the Bank of New York.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as the Bank of New York's third headquarters on the site, designed in Colonial Revival style to reflect the bank's heritage while meeting the 1916 zoning law and using steel-frame and caisson technology. It combines a double-height banking hall with rental offices above and retains its integrity to an extraordinarily high degree. Its crown, with a temple topped by a copper eagle, was a major element of the Lower Manhattan skyline.","narrative":"Rising 513 feet at the corner of Wall and William streets, this thirty-two-story skyscraper served as the headquarters of the Bank of New York. Benjamin Wistar Morris designed it, and it was built in 1927-29 on a site the bank had occupied since the late eighteenth century. Its limestone facades step back above the fourteenth story in response to New York's 1916 zoning law, and the top is crowned by a small temple capped by an eleven-foot copper eagle that was originally gilded. Classical detail runs throughout, including rusticated lower stories, Doric piers, anthemia and bronze grilles. Inside, a stair hall modeled on New York's City Hall leads to a double-height banking hall with marble wainscot, Ionic pilasters, iron chandeliers and murals by J. Monroe Hewlett depicting the bank's early history and the growth of commerce. The building is still an office building and retains a very high degree of integrity, which underlies its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Benjamin Wistar Morris (Benjamin W. Morris, Architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic and current function is listed as office building; the banking hall and lobbies retain much original fabric, with some changes such as a new concierge area and acoustical ceiling tile.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.69434-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000847.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000847/16e8468ee3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000847/16e8468ee3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Epicgenius","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Financial_District_NYC_Aug_2021_35.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epicgenius</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Financial_District_NYC_Aug_2021_35.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000063","name":"Wall Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/wall-street-historic-district-07000063/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319281","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48_Wall_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q630074"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/bank-of-new-york-building-03000847/"}