Merchants Bank Building (Providence, Rhode Island)

For the Merchants Bank Building in Florida, also NRHP listed, see Halifax Historical Museum.

United States historic place

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Merchants Bank Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°49′29″N 71°24′36″W / 41.82472°N 71.41000°W / 41.82472; -71.41000
Built	1855
Architect	Morse & Hall
Architectural style	Early Commercial, Italianate
Part of	Downtown Providence Historic District (ID84001967)
NRHP reference No.	77000002
Added to NRHP	November 21, 1977
Designated CP	February 10, 1984

The Merchants Bank Building is a historic commercial building at 32 Westminster Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It is a six-story brownstone structure, designed by Alpheus C. Morse and Clifton A. Hall and built in 1855–57. When built, this Italianate structure was one of the first buildings of Providence's financial district, and is now surrounded by much larger modern skyscrapers. It is architecturally reminiscent of Roman palazzos, with an arcaded ground floor, second-level windows topped by alternating segmented-arch and triangular pediments, and a projecting cornice with dentil moulding and modillions. The building served as the headquarters of the Merchants Bank until it merged with Providence National Bank in 1920.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
"NRHP nomination for Merchants Bank Building" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

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