Equitable Cooperative Building Association (and In - View this location on map This is the longtime headquarters of one of the city's oldest and most successful savings and loans, founded in 1879. Equitable was the largest building association in the country by the late 1880s. It embodies the historical associations and architectural expression of these important institutions, and is an exceptional example of Classical Revival bank architecture. Equitable is also associated with the career and ideals of the distinguished civic leader and progressive reformer John Joy Edson. The building, constructed in 1911-12 (with 1919 alterations) is a notable work of local architects Frederick B. Pyle and Arthur B. Heaton. Their monumental façade displays colossal white marble Ionic columns, textured buff brick, and classical wave moldings. The skylit banking hall is based on a Greek temple plan with a shallow-arched, coffered ceiling. 915 F Street, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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