Second Bank of the United States building

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Greek Revival building former bank building historic building landmark museum building

The Second Bank of the United States building is a historic Greek Revival structure in Philadelphia that served as the main facility of the early 19th-century national bank and now functions as a museum and landmark.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Second Bank of the United States building canonical	1
Second Philadelphia Mint building	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek Revival building ⓘ former bank building ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ museum building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greek Revival architecture ⓘ surface form: Greek Revival
category	Bank buildings in Pennsylvania ⓘ Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania ⓘ Museums in Philadelphia ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	portrait gallery museum ⓘ
formerFunction	headquarters of the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ national bank building ⓘ
function	historic site ⓘ museum ⓘ
hasColumns	Greek-style columns ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	example of Greek Revival architecture in the United States ⓘ symbol of early U.S. federal banking system ⓘ
hasFacadeStyle	classical temple front ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ contributing property to a National Historic Landmark District ⓘ
inception	early 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInHistoricDistrict	Independence National Historical Park ⓘ
locatedNear	Independence Hall ⓘ Old City, Philadelphia ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
notableFor	collection of 18th- and 19th-century American portraits ⓘ role in early U.S. economic and political history ⓘ
operatedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
ownedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
partOf	Independence National Historical Park ⓘ
publicAccess	open to visitors ⓘ
significance	important example of federal period architecture ⓘ key site in the history of the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
significantEvent	served as main facility of the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
significantPeriod	early 19th century American financial history ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	central banking ⓘ historic interpretation ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Bank of the United States → headquartersBuilding → Second Bank of the United States building ⓘ

Philadelphia Mint → hasPredecessorBuilding → Second Bank of the United States building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Philadelphia Mint building