{"nrhp_refnum":"82001548","name":"Integrity Title Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company","other_names":["400 Green Street"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4th and Green Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.964543364000065,"lon":-75.14832257299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A German Renaissance style corner bank building, the former office of the Integrity Title Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company, in the business district of Philadelphia's historic German community north of Arch Street. It was built around 1902 and expanded to the south in 1912.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a nearly complete turn-of-the-century example of German-influenced bank architecture, reflecting the ethnic heritage of the bank's founders and the German community around Fourth and Green streets. Its tower, arched door and crowning dome are described as drawing on German baroque and Viennese late 19th-century design, applied to the traditional Philadelphia corner bank type. The building is also presented as a survival of the German community that shaped the region.","narrative":"Built around 1902 on a corner in Philadelphia's German district north of Arch Street, this bank is a three-story building of iron-flecked orange-tan Pompeian brick over a rusticated limestone base. Its corner tower, once capped by a small dome, holds a three-dimensional arched doorway drawn from German baroque churches, and its window arches carry garlanded keystones. The design follows the corner bank type developed by Furness, but applies German forms to it. A 1912 addition extended the facade two bays to the south, matching the original detail. The bank was founded by brewer Frederick Poth and others, and it served the German-speaking families who settled nearby in the nineteenth century. The interior retains its original trim and a Mercer Tile fireplace in the director's office. The building is significant as a well-preserved example of the architecture that expressed the ethnic identity of the community.","period_of_significance":"1900-1920","architect_builder":"Paul and Seymour Davis (1902); Koelle-Speth Co. and Geo. Kessler Co. (1912)","architectural_style":"German Renaissance","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.12198-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82001548.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001548/cf39b26d4c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001548/cf39b26d4c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Integrity_Title_Insurance.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Integrity_Title_Insurance.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997170","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity_Title_Insurance,_Trust_and_Safe_Deposit_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15228736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/integrity-title-insurance-trust-and-safe-deposit-company-82001548/"}