{"nrhp_refnum":"06000476","name":"Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41 Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.705638072000056,"lon":-74.01107359199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-06-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story limestone bank headquarters with a top-floor penthouse at 41 Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, completed in 1929 and designed by Cross & Cross for the investment firm Lee, Higginson & Company.","why_significant":"The building is locally significant for its link to the growth of the Lower Manhattan financial district and the U.S. financial services industry, and as an example of the austere late-1920s Classical Revival office building. It was designed by Cross & Cross, and it contains a sculpted frieze by Leo Friedlander and a banking hall mural by Griffith Baily Coale.","narrative":"Completed in 1929 at 41 Broad Street, this ten-story limestone building was the headquarters of Lee, Higginson & Company, an investment bank founded in Boston in 1848. The Cross & Cross design follows the austere Classical Revival manner of the late 1920s, with a smooth, gently curved facade, a three-story Ionic loggia, bronze casement windows and a Doric entrance. Eight carved panels by sculptor Leo Friedlander run along the seventh-floor frieze. Inside, the two-story banking hall has columns clad in marble mosaic and a 1929 ship-history mural by Griffith Baily Coale. The bank was weakened by a European financial scandal, and the New York Stock Exchange bought the building in 1933 for use as a clearing house. In 1941 it was sold to Public National Bank and Trust Company, which restored banking use. The building was converted to a private school in 2003-5. It was listed for its commercial history and architectural design.","period_of_significance":"1928-1955","architect_builder":"Cross & Cross (architects); Friedlander, Leo (sculptor); Coale, Griffith Baily (muralist)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 2003-5 for use as a private school; the former banking hall is now an auditorium and the upper floors hold classrooms, a library and a gymnasium.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.12874-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000476/30988ec618-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000476/30988ec618-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:41-broad-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:41-broad-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/75319680","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee,_Higginson_%26_Company_Bank_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3735077"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/lee-higginson-and-company-bank-building-06000476/"}