215 Bowery
Carved from sandstone quarried in Ohio, this impressive Italian Renaissance façade boasts a sophisticated hierarchy of window ornament in the three upper stories, graduating from pealed pediments, to round pediments to flat lintels with projecting stone blocks, called quoins, defining the building's corners. Unfortunately, completion of the New Amsterdam Savings Bank in 1872 was followed by the financial Panic of 1873. The bank, headed by a board of German immigrants, failed by 1876 during a wave of bank failures following the panic and ensuing depression. In 1878 the building was taken over by Germania Bank until it moved in 1898 to its newly-built headquarters at 190 Bowery.| HM Number | HM2GRF |
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| Year Placed | 2016 |
| Placed By | Bowery Alliance of Neighbors |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, May 13th, 2019 at 2:02pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 585020 N 4508349 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.72168333, -73.99330000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 43.301', W 73° 59.598' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 43' 18.06" N, 73° 59' 35.88" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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