Stone and William Streets; Changing New York
The Wall & Hanover Building at 63 Wall Street (background), Farmers Trust Building at 22 William Street (right) and National City Bank at 55 Wall Street (left) taken from below on William Street. The pedestrain bridge connects the top floor of the National City Bank with Farmers Trust.
City Bank-Farmers Trust Building ARCHITECT: Corss & Cross DATE: 1930-31 STYLE: Skyscraper, Modern Classic
The City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building, fifty-nine stories high, is one of New York City’s tallest skyscrapers. It was built to house what was at the time New York’s largest financial institution, formed by the merger of the National City Bank of New York and the Farmers Loan and Trust Company. Its steel-framed structure sheathed in granite at the entrances and in limestone above became, on completion, the tallest stone-clad building in the world. It was designed in a conservative “Modern Classic” style.
