Second Bank of the United States

Independence National Historical Park
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

One of the earliest examples of Greek Revival Architecture in America, representing a key period in the history of the early republic.

 

Designed by William Strickland and constructed between 1818 and 1824, the Second Bank of the United States is one of the earliest expressions of Greek Revival Architecture in America and among the country's first monumental stone buildings constructed with locally quarried marble. Part of Independence National Historical Park since 1948, the Second Bank, along with the nearby First Bank of the United States (1795-97) and the Philadelphia Merchant's Exchange (1832-33), represents a dynamic period in the history of the early American republic and the city of Philadelphia, which served as the nation's first capital and then as an important financial, intellectual and cultural center.

 

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