{"nrhp_refnum":"73002202","name":"Bank of Alexandria","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 N. Fairfax St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alexandria (Independent City)","county":"Alexandria","state":"VA","lat":38.80537110000006,"lon":-77.04208249299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Federal-style brick bank building with a two-story east wing at 125 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia, completed in 1807 to house the Bank of Alexandria.","why_significant":"It housed the first bank chartered in Virginia, established by an Act of the Virginia Assembly in 1792. It is described as one of the best examples of restrained elegance in commercial architecture, and one of the few remaining Federal-period commercial structures with much of its original trim intact. Its stockholders and clients included the city's leading families and George Washington.","narrative":"Standing at 125 North Fairfax Street in Alexandria, this three-story brick Federal building with a two-story east wing was completed in 1807 as the permanent home of the Bank of Alexandria, the first bank chartered in Virginia. The main block is laid in Flemish bond beneath a carved stone cornice and balustrade, and its two entrances have stone surrounds with eagle-motif keystones. Inside, high first-floor ceilings and a forty-foot second-floor drawing room suggest it was meant as a public showplace. Founders and clients included William Herbert and George Washington. After the bank failed in 1834, the building briefly served as a post office and customs office, then became the Mansion House Hotel under James Green, who enlarged it in 1855. It later served as a Union hospital headquarters, then held apartments and shops from 1910 to 1972. Removal of the hotel additions was planned to restore its original form.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good and altered. The mid-nineteenth century hotel additions were being removed to restore the original configuration. The building held apartments and shops from 1910 to 1972.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.814018-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/6794/41679426/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002202/4118ed4152-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002202/4118ed4152-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"The original uploader was Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BankofAlexandria_present_day.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia.</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:BankofAlexandria_present_day.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000928","name":"Alexandria Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/alexandria-historic-district-66000928/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679426","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Alexandria_(Alexandria,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4856019"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/alexandria/bank-of-alexandria-73002202/"}