Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-331) and index.
Contents:
Early republic: neo-classicism and the federal style -- Jacksonian age: the Greek revival -- Gilded age: Victorian eclecticism -- Turn of the century: the classical revival -- Early moderns: Sullivan and the Prairie School -- Great depression: modern classicism -- Postwar prosperity: modernism -- Twenty-first century: financial department stores -- New uses for banks.
Summary:
"With more than 200 photographs and illustrations, this work studies the evolution of American bank architecture from 1781 to new banks of the present day. It explores how and why the classically inspired structures built in late 18th century America, embodying strength and trust, evolved into the essentially anonymous bank buildings of today"--Provided by publisher.
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