{"nrhp_refnum":"05001286","name":"Greenwich Savings Bank","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1352-1362 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.751401077000025,"lon":-73.98719039699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former savings bank building at 1352-1362 Broadway in Manhattan, between Herald Square and Times Square. York & Sawyer designed it, and it was built in 1922-24 as the fifth home of the Greenwich Savings Bank.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of Classical Revival bank architecture by York & Sawyer, a firm best known for its bank buildings. The design was the commission of partner Philip Sawyer. The exterior and the elliptical banking room keep a high degree of period integrity.","narrative":"Rising between Herald Square and Times Square, this Classical Revival bank at 1352-1362 Broadway was built in 1922-24 for the Greenwich Savings Bank, which had been founded in 1833 and had moved several times before. The firm York & Sawyer designed it, and the commission was handled by partner Philip Sawyer. Indiana limestone sits above a polished pink granite base, with facades arranged as podium, colonnade and attic. Broadway and Sixth Avenue each have a portico of eight Corinthian columns, and West 36th Street has engaged columns. Bronze doors, iron grilles and carved details mark the entrances. Inside, an elliptical banking room echoes the exterior, with marble floors, a marble teller's counter, bronze screens and inscriptions on thrift. The nomination describes the building as keeping a high degree of period integrity, and York & Sawyer as an architectural firm best known for its bank buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"York & Sawyer","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic function was a financial institution; current function is listed as commerce/trade: business. Some alterations are noted, including signage covered by plaques, windows converted to vitrines, and three windows cut into the attic on West 36th Street.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.461196-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001286.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001286/4e785fe5c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001286/4e785fe5c2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenwich_Savings_Bank_Building_Haier_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</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:Greenwich_Savings_Bank_Building_Haier_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319566","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Savings_Bank_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104649998"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/greenwich-savings-bank-05001286/"}