Williamsburgh Savings Bank

Williamsburgh Savings Bank

Infobox_nrhp | name =Williamsburgh Savings Bank
nrhp_type =


caption = 19th century HQ
location= 175 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 42
lat_seconds = 36
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds = 42
long_direction = W
locmapin = New York
area =
built =1875
architect= George B. Post
architecture= Classical Revival
added = April 09, 1980cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov
title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service
]
governing_body = Private
refnum=80002642

The Williamsburgh Savings Bank was an important institution in Brooklyn in the middle 19th to middle 20th centuries. A series of bank mergers bought it into the HSBC group late in the century. It is best remembered for two imposing headquarters buildings still standing, the domed original [ [http://www.nyc-architecture.com/WBG/wbg020.htm Williamsburgh Savings Bank] New York Architecture] at 175 Broadway in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and the later Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower.

The building at 175 Broadway is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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