Built 1855 Designated CP February 10, 1984 Architectural style Italianate architecture Architect Alpheus C. Morse | NRHP Reference # 77000002 Opened 1855 Added to NRHP 21 November 1977 | |
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Location Providence, Rhode Island Part of Downtown Providence Historic District (#84001967) Similar Hope Block and Cheapside, Benjamin F Greene House, Pontiac Mills, David G Fales House, Roger Williams Park | ||
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.