American Security and Trust Company - View this location on map Monumental bank headquarters opposite the Treasury Department; part of a prominent group enhancing the eastern approach to the White House; home of major Washington bank incorporated in 1889 as the city's second trust company; opened city's first women's department; Classical Revival design coordinated with adjacent Riggs Bank (by same architects); granite facades, colossal Ionic portico; interior occupied by majestic banking hall with marble finishes, polychrome coffered ceiling, chandeliers; built 1904-05 (York and Sawyer, architects); interior remodeled 1931-32 upon construction of adjacent office wing 1501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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