{"nrhp_refnum":"05001288","name":"Wall and Hanover Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"63 Wall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70568984300007,"lon":-74.00870530199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A thirty-six-story brick and limestone skyscraper at the southeast corner of Wall and Hanover streets in the financial district of Manhattan, New York City. It was erected in 1928-29 to a design by Delano & Aldrich.","why_significant":"It was built as the headquarters of Brown Brothers & Co., later Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., described as the oldest and largest partnership bank in the country. It is also an example of the 1920s Wall Street skyscrapers that combined a bank's own space with rental offices above. It is the only New York skyscraper by Delano & Aldrich, and its spare Neoclassical styling reflects the firm's interest in traditional forms.","narrative":"Rising thirty-six stories at the corner of Wall and Hanover streets, this Manhattan skyscraper was completed in 1928-29 as the headquarters of the private bank Brown Brothers & Co. The firm had occupied the site since 1843 and demolished its earlier buildings to make way for a tower designed by Delano & Aldrich. The base is clad in granite and Indiana limestone, while the shaft is faced in tan and gray iron-spot brick, with setbacks, a light court on Hanover Street and a crested copper roof. Inside, a double-height banking hall, a rotunda and a replica of the 1865 partners' room survive. The building is recognized for its role in the bank's long history and as a representative of the 1920s financial-district towers that placed bank space below rented offices. It is also the only New York skyscraper by its architects, who favored restrained Neoclassical design.","period_of_significance":"1928-1931","architect_builder":"Delano & Aldrich","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Neoclassical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. vacated the building in 2002; the form describes the building as retaining a high degree of integrity, with the banking hall and partners' room largely intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.352942-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001288.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001288/f2b70cdeef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001288/f2b70cdeef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:63-wall-street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:63-wall-street.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/75320041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63_Wall_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3661607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/wall-and-hanover-building-05001288/"}