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Williamsburgh Savings Bank

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Built
  
1875

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival

Added to NRHP
  
April 9, 1980

Architect
  
George B. Post

NRHP Reference #
  
80002642

Williamsburgh Savings Bank

Location
  
175 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York

The Williamsburgh Savings Bank was an important institution in Brooklyn, New York, from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. A series of bank mergers brought it into the HSBC group late in the 20th century. (It is not to be confused with the nearby Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh, now known simply as the DIME, a rival local institution that has remained independent.) Williamsburgh Savings Bank opened the building in 1875. It is best remembered for two imposing headquarters buildings still standing, the domed original at 175 Broadway in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, designed by George B. Post, and the later Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower.

Map of One Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11243, USA

The building at 175 Broadway is listed by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and on the National Register of Historic Places. It continued in use as a bank building. In 2010 Juan Figueroa bought the building and adjacent property for $4.5 million for conversion to a banquet hall named Weylin B. Seymour's (note the acronym ), and a new hotel.

References

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Wikipedia