List of bank buildings explained

This is a list of bank buildings that are notable. The architecture of banks in many countries is diverse, but has a common goal of conveying solidity and suggesting confidence in the security of deposits, as a matter of basic marketing. Numerous bank buildings are recognized as landmarks and/or included in historic registers. This list includes modern bank buildings as well as historic buildings that no longer serve as banks or that no longer exist.

Argentina

Bank headquarters buildings

• Banco de Londres y América del Sur Headquarters, Buenos Aires
• Headquarters of the Bank of the Argentine Nation, Buenos Aires
• Headquarters of the Provincial Bank of Córdoba, Córdoba

Australia

Bank headquarters buildings in Australia

• Commonwealth Trading Bank Building, Sydney, New South Wales
• State Savings Bank Building, Sydney, New South Wales
• Westpac Place, Sydney

Canada

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Bank of Canada Building		1938 built 1979 expanded	234 Wellington Street 45.4209°N -75.7028°W	Ottawa, Ontario	Head office of Bank of Canada. Late neoclassical-style, designed by Sumner Godfrey Davenport.

Bank headquarters buildings in Canada

• 800 Saint-Jacques Street West
• ATB Place
• Canadian Western Bank Place
• CIBC Square
• Commerce Court
• Complexe Desjardins
• Complexe Maisonneuve
• First Canadian Place
• HSBC Canada Building
• Royal Bank Plaza
• Scotia Plaza
• Toronto-Dominion Centre
• Tour de la Banque Nationale

Other bank buildings in Canada

• 500 Place D'Armes
• Bank of Canada Building
• Bank of Canada Building (Toronto)
• Bank of Commerce (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Bank of Commerce Building (Windsor, Ontario)
• Bankers Hall
• BDC Building
• Bell Media Tower
• CIBC 750 Lawrence
• CIBC Tower
• First Canadian Centre
• Place Ville Marie
• RBC WaterPark Place
• Royal Bank Tower (Vancouver)
• Royal Centre (Vancouver)
• Scotia Tower
• Scotia Tower (Montreal)
• TD Canada Trust Tower (Calgary)
• TD Tower (Edmonton)
• TD Centre (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• TD Tower (Vancouver)
• Thomas D'Arcy McGee Building
• Tour de la Banque Nationale
• Two Bloor West

Historic bank buildings in Canada

• 197 Yonge Street
• 205 Yonge Street
• Bank of British North America Building
• Bank of Montreal Building (Toronto)
• Bank of Montreal Head Office
• Bank of Montreal National Historic Site
• Bank of Toronto (Yellowknife)
• Bank of Upper Canada Building
• Canada Permanent Trust Building
• Dominion Building
• Molson Bank Building
• Old Canadian Bank of Commerce Building
• One King West Hotel & Residence
• Quebec Bank Building, Montreal
• Rex Theatre (Whitewood)
• Royal Bank Building (Toronto)
• Royal Bank Tower (Montreal)
• Sir John A. Macdonald Building
• Trader's Bank Building
• Union Bank Building
• Domville Building

China

Bank headquarters buildings in China

• Bank of China Building, Shanghai, former headquarters of Bank of China
• Bank of Communications Building, Shanghai
• Bank of Shanghai Headquarters, Shanghai
• Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, which is headquarters of Bank of China and was the tallest building in Asia when built
• Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building, Hong Kong
• HSBC Building (Hong Kong), Hong Kong
• Standard Chartered Bank Building, Hong Kong

Other notable bank buildings in China

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Minsheng Bank Building		2001-08 built	30.597°N 114.268°W	Wuhan, Hubei	331m (1,086feet)
China Merchants Bank Building		1907 built	the Bund 31.2367°N 121.4861°W	Shanghai

Denmark

• Axelborg, Copenhagen
• Danmarks Nationalbank, Copenhagen
• Sparekassen Bikuben, Copenhagen
• Sparekassen for Kjøbenhavn og Omegn, Copenhagen
• Business- and Agricultural Bank of Jutland
• Danmarks Nationalbank
• Sparekassen Bikuben
• Sparekassen for Store Heddinge og omegn

France

Bank headquarters buildings in France

• Crédit Lyonnais headquarters, Paris

Germany

Bank headquarters buildings in Germany

• Deutsche Bank Twin Towers

Malta

Bank headquarters buildings in Malta

• Spinola Palace, Valletta

Philippines

Bank headquarters buildings in the Philippines

• Exportbank Plaza
• PBCom Tower
• RCBC Plaza
• UnionBank Plaza

Puerto Rico

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	1	Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño		1924 built 1987 NRHP	Plaza Degetau 18.0113°N -66.6133°W	Ponce	Beaux-Arts building designed by Francisco Porrata-Doria
	2	Banco de Ponce		1924 built 1987 NRHP	Amor and Comercio Sts., Plaza Degetau 18.0111°N -66.6133°W	Ponce	Beaux-Arts building designed by architect Francisco Porrata Doria

United Kingdom

Bank headquarters buildings in the United Kingdom

• Northern Bank Headquarters, Belfast, Northern Ireland

United States

Bank headquarters buildings in the U.S.

• 25 Park Place
• 200 West Street
• 388 Greenwich Street
• 611 Place
• 1600 Broadway
• Albuquerque Plaza
• BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)
• BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh)
• BOK Tower
• Capital One Tower (Virginia)
• City National Plaza
• Compass Bank Building (Albuquerque)
• Farmers and Mechanics Bank (Georgetown)
• Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company Building, The
• First City Tower
• First Interstate Center
• First National Bank Building (Pittsburgh)
• First National Bank Tower
• Huntington Tower
• Frost Bank Tower
• Hill Building
• Investors Bank
• Mercantile National Bank Building
• Norwest Center (Minneapolis)
• Regions Tower (Indianapolis)
• One PNC Plaza
• One Wells Fargo Center
• Fourth and Vine Tower
• PNC Plaza (Raleigh)
• RBC Plaza (Minneapolis)
• State of Georgia Building
• SunTrust Plaza
• Edward A. Thomas Building
• Tower at PNC Plaza
• U.S. Bancorp Tower
• U.S. Bancorp Center
• Winston Tower

Others by state, territory and insular area

KEY

		Individually NRHP-listed
		Contributing in NRHP-listed historic district
		Other

Alabama

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	1	City National Bank / First Alabama Bank		1922 built 1985 NRHP	2301 University Blvd. 33.21°N -87.5669°W		Classical Revival^[1]
	2			1948 built 1980 NRHP	118 S. Jefferson St. 34.7306°N -86.5861°W	Huntsville	Ashlar and green stone Moderne-style building.

• Bank of Andalusia
• Bank of Ensley
• Bank of Fairhope
• City National Bank (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
• First National Bank (Huntsville, Alabama)
• First National Bank (Mobile, Alabama)
• First National Bank Building (Andalusia, Alabama)
• Old State Bank (Decatur, Alabama)
• Concord Center
• Regions Bank Building (Mobile)
• Regions Center (Birmingham)
• Regions-Harbert Plaza
• RSA Trustmark Building
• Shipt Tower
• Waterman–Smith Building

Arizona

• Bank of America Tower (Phoenix)
• U.S. Bank Center (Phoenix)
• Valley National Bank Building (Tucson, Arizona)
• Wells Fargo Plaza (Phoenix)
• Gila Valley Bank and Trust Building
• Valley National Bank (Casa Grande, Arizona)
• Valley National Bank Building (Tucson, Arizona)

Arkansas

• Simmons Tower, a modern building
• Arkansas Bank & Trust Company
• Bank of Booneville Building
• Bank of Carthage (Arkansas)
• Bank of Clarendon
• Bank of Commerce (El Dorado, Arkansas)
• Bank of Gentry
• Bank of Kingston
• Bank of Malvern
• Bank of Marshall Building
• Bank of Osceola
• Bank of Rogers Building
• Bank of Searcy
• Crittenden County Bank and Trust Company
• Dermott Bank & Trust Company Building
• El Paso Bank
• Exchange Bank (El Dorado, Arkansas)
• Exchange Bank Building (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Farmer's State Bank
• Farmers and Merchants Bank (Mountain View, Arkansas)
• Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge
• Farmers Bank Building (Leslie, Arkansas)
• Farmers State Bank (Conway, Arkansas)
• First National Bank (Siloam Springs, Arkansas)
• First National Bank Building (Monette, Arkansas)
• First National Bank of Morrilton
• German-American Bank
• Hiwasse Bank Building
• Mercantile Bank Building (Jonesboro, Arkansas)
• Merchants & Farmers Bank
• Merchants and Planters Bank (Clarendon, Arkansas)
• Merchants and Planters Bank Building
• Monroe County Bank Building
• National Bank of Commerce Building (Paragould, Arkansas)
• Old Bank of Amity
• Peoples Bank and Loan Building
• Peoples Building & Loan Building
• Planters Bank Building (Osceola, Arkansas)
• Pottsville Citizen's Bank
• Worthen Bank Building

California

• Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles)
• Bank of California Building (Los Angeles, California)
• Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.
• Bank of the West Tower (Sacramento)
• Columbia Savings Bank Building
• Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch
• Hellman Building
• Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco)
• International Savings & Exchange Bank Building
• Old Federal Reserve Bank Building (San Francisco)
• One Sansome Street
• Sanwa Bank Plaza
• U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)
• Union Bank Plaza
• Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles)
• Bank of Italy (Fresno, California)
• Bank of Italy (Paso Robles, California)
• Bank of Italy (Visalia, California)
• Bank of Italy Building (San Francisco)
• Bank of Italy, Merced
• Bank of Los Banos Building
• Bank of Pinole
• Calaveras County Bank
• Coachella Valley Savings No. 2
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Old Bank of America Building (Red Bluff, California)
• Ontario State Bank Block
• Santa Fe Federal Savings and Loan Association
• Security Building (Los Angeles)
• Security Trust and Savings

Colorado

• FirstBank Building
• U.S. Bank Tower (Denver)
• American National Bank Building (Alamosa, Colorado)
• Bank Lofts
• Citizens National Bank Building (Glenwood Springs, Colorado)
• First National Bank Building (Craig, Colorado)
• First National Bank Building (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)
• First National Bank of Haxtun
• Wheeler Bank
• Farmers State Bank Building (1930), Fort Morgan, NRHP-listed in Morgan County
• Delta County Bank Building, Delta, NRHP-listed in Delta County

Delaware

• Bank of Newark Building
• First National Bank of Seaford
• Newport National Bank
• Sussex National Bank of Seaford
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society Building
• Wilmington Trust Company Bank

Illinois

• Pioneer Trust and Savings Bank Building

Zimbabwe

Bank headquarters buildings in Zimbabwe

• New Reserve Bank Tower

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hayslip . Betty . Tom Dolan . [{{NRHP url|id=85000449}} City National Bank ]. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form . National Park Service . March 13, 2014 . May 1984 . https://www.webcitation.org/6O3QRAXav?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/text/85000449.pdf . March 13, 2014 . live . See also: Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85000449|photos=y}} Accompanying photos ]. March 13, 2014 . https://www.webcitation.org/6O3QRrxo8?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/photos/85000449.pdf . March 13, 2014 . live .