Second Cambridge Savings Bank Building
The Second Cambridge Savings Bank Building is an historic bank building at 11–21 Dunster Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Italian Renaissance masonry building was built in 1897 by the Cambridge Savings Bank. It is a four-story building, with a frieze of fleur-de-lis patterning separating the first floor from the upper floors, and a metal cornice below the roof. The building corners are quoined on the upper levels, and there are a pair of matching entrances. It is one of the finest examples of pre–World War I architecture in Harvard Square.[2]
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′22.4″N 71°7′9.0″W |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Blackall, C.H. |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| Part of | Harvard Square Historic District (ID86003654) |
| MPS | Cambridge MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000826[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
| Designated CP | July 28, 1988 |
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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,[1] and included in an expansion of the Harvard Square Historic District in 1988.[2]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "MACRIS inventory record for Second Cambridge Savings Bank Building". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
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