| Pennsylvania National Bank Building | |
| Nrhp Type: | cp |
| Partof: | Lawrenceville Historic District |
| Partof Refnum: | 100004020 |
| Designated Other1: | PGHL |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Location: | 3400 Butler St. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 40.4633°N -79.9667°W |
| Built: | 1903 |
| Architect: | Beezer Brothers |
| Architecture: | Beaux-Arts |
| Designated Nrhp Type: | July 8, 2019 |
The Pennsylvania National Bank Building is a historic building in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located on a prominent site facing Doughboy Square, the acute intersection of Butler Street and Penn Avenue[1] which is often considered the "entrance to Lawrenceville".[2] [3] [4]
The building was constructed in 1902–03 as the new headquarters of the Pennsylvania National Bank, which had operated out of an earlier three-story building on the same site since 1893.[5] The building was listed as a contributing property in the Lawrenceville Historic District in 2019 and a Pittsburgh historic landmark in 2020.[2]
The Pennsylvania National Bank Building is a one-story, Beaux-Arts-style building[6] constructed from buff-colored brick with terra cotta ornaments.[7] [8] It was designed by the Beezer Brothers,[9] who also designed the nearby St. John the Baptist Church which was completed the same year. The bank's footprint is trapezoidal, with the non-parallel sides defined by the streets on either side.
The narrow front of the building has a single entrance bay and an arched parapet decorated with a keystone emblem. The two side elevations are both five bays wide with a combination of arched and pedimented windows; however, the Butler Street side also has an exposed basement due to the sloping topography of the site.[2] The rear of the building has two additions, the latter of which was added in 2019 by the current tenant, Desmone Architects.[10] [11] [12]