National Metropolitan Bank Building

The National Metropolitan Bank Building is an historic structure located at 655 15th Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C.

National Metropolitan Bank Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Metropolitan Bank Building in 2023
Location	613 15th St., NW Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′52.3″N 77°1′59.8″W
Built	1905-1907
Architect	B. Stanley Simmons
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.	78003059[1]
Added to NRHP	September 13, 1978

History

B. Stanley Simmons of the architectural firm of Gordon, Tracy & Swartout designed the Beaux-Arts style building. It was built from 1905 to 1907.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

In 1986, its façade was incorporated into a new office building,^[2] 'Metropolitan Square', designed by Vlastimil Koubek and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.^[3]