Riggs National Bank

	Riggs National Bank
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
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Location	1503–1505 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates	38°53′55.52″N 77°2′2.84″W / 38.8987556°N 77.0341222°WCoordinates: 38°53′55.52″N 77°2′2.84″W / 38.8987556°N 77.0341222°W
Built	1899
NRHP reference No.	73002113
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1973

Riggs National Bank is a historic former headquarters of Riggs Bank, located at 1503–1505 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the downtown Washington, D.C. neighborhood.

It was designed by architects York and Sawyer in 1899, completed in 1902, and is an example of Classical Revival architecture. Between 1922 and 1924, a west office wing designed by Appleton P. Clark Jr. was added.

Riggs National Bank was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973; in addition, the building is a contributing property to the Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District and the Lafayette Square Historic District. ^[2]

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Historic photo, via the Smithsonian Institution

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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Riggs National Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


Show map of Central Washington, D.C.Show map of the District of ColumbiaShow map of the United StatesShow all
Location	1503–1505 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates	38°53′55.52″N 77°2′2.84″W / 38.8987556°N 77.0341222°W / 38.8987556; -77.0341222Coordinates: 38°53′55.52″N 77°2′2.84″W / 38.8987556°N 77.0341222°W / 38.8987556; -77.0341222
Built	1899
NRHP reference No.	73002113^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1973

Riggs National Bank

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