{"nrhp_refnum":"72000857","name":"Rochester Savings Bank","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.15860352300007,"lon":-77.60468214399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story, V-shaped bank building at 40 Franklin Street in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, built in 1927 by the Rochester Savings Bank and designed by McKim, Mead & White.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the banking room interior and street facades form a major architectural landmark in Rochester and central New York, preserved virtually in original condition. It credits the work of McKim, Mead & White and muralist Ezra Winter, and notes the long history of the bank as an institution.","narrative":"Completed in 1927, this four-story bank building at 40 Franklin Street in Rochester takes a V shape to fit its corner site. McKim, Mead & White of New York City designed it for the Rochester Savings Bank, with Rochester architect J. Foster Warner helping supervise construction and John B. Pike & Sons serving as general contractor. The exterior is Kato stone from Minnesota, arranged as tall round-headed windows framed by pilasters and arches with Levanto and Pavanazzo marble panels. The main entrance at the point of the V has Byzantine-style marble and mosaic detail. Inside, the banking room follows the plan of an ancient basilica, with a semicircular apse, a marble mosaic floor, Rouge Antique columns and Sienna marble counters. Ezra Winter designed the mosaic arch, pillars, ceiling and a glass mosaic mural on the north wall. The building was listed because its interior and facades remain nearly original and form a major architectural landmark for Rochester and central New York. Its foundations and steel frame could support additional stories.","period_of_significance":"1927","architect_builder":"McKim, Mead & White of New York City (designers); J. Foster Warner, Rochester architect (supervision); John B. Pike & Sons (general contractors); Ezra Winter (mosaic arch, pillars, ceiling and mural)","architectural_style":"Eclectic interior combining Byzantine or Early Christian, Italian Romanesque and Italian Renaissance details; Byzantine-style entrance marble and mosaic work","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied; used for banking and offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.840875-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000857.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000857/420e63fff5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000857/420e63fff5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochester_Savings_Bank.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochester_Savings_Bank.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318920","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_Savings_Bank","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7354021"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/rochester-savings-bank-72000857/"}