National Savings and Trust Company

United States historic place


National Savings and Trust Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

National Savings and Trust Company in 2017
38°53′57.2″N 77°2′0″W / 38.899222°N 77.03333°W / 38.899222; -77.03333
Built	1888
Architect	James H. Windrim
Architectural style	Queen Anne Style
NRHP reference No.	72001428^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972

The National Savings and Trust Company is a historic bank building located at the corner of New York Avenue and 15th Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C.^[1] It has also been known as the National Safe Deposit Company and the National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company.^[1]

History

It was designed by architect James H. Windrim and built in 1888. The Queen Anne Style building is constructed in red brick, and elaborately detailed with copper and terra cotta.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972, and is a contributing property to the Financial Historic District.^[1]^[2]

As of 2024^[update], the building was occupied by a branch of Truist, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Truist's predecessor SunTrust Banks had taken ownership of the structure when it acquired Crestar Bank, which itself had previously taken control of the National Savings and Trust Company.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Register Information System – (#72001428)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "DC Inventory of Historic Sites - N" (PDF). District of Columbia: Office of Planning. Government of the District of Columbia. September 6, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
^ "National Savings and Trust Company". DC Historic Sites. DC Preservation League. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
^ Gilpin, Kenneth N. (July 21, 1998). "Suntrust to Grow With Purchase of Crestar". The New York Times.
^ Knight, Jerry (January 16, 1992). "Crestar's Gift for Grabbing Thrifts". The Washington Post.