Wikipedia (
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"The Museum of American Finance is the nation’s only independent public museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Located in the Financial District of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, it as an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
The museum was founded in 1988 as the Museum of American Financial History but was renamed the Museum of American Finance in 2005. Until December 2006, it was located in the Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway. On January 11, 2008, the Museum opened in a new location at 48 Wall Street, the former headquarters of The Bank of New York."
A plaque on this building reads:
"BANK OF NEW YORK &
TRUST COMPANY BUILDING
THIS DIGNIFIED NEO-GEORGIAN SKYSCRAPER WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1927-29 TO
THE DESIGNS OF PROMINENT ARCHITECT BENJAMIN WISTER MORRIS FOR THE
BANK OF NEW YORK & TRUST COMPANY. MUCH EARLIER IN 1796 THE NEW YORK
BANK & TRUST COMPANY WAS THE FIRST BANK TO ERECT A BUILDING ON WALL STREET, THEREBY SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR THE AREA'S FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT. THIS BUILDING IS THE BANK'S THIRD CONSTRUCTED ON THE 48
WALL STREET SITE. THE ELEGANTLY DETAILED LIMESTONE STRUCTURE WAS
CONSTRUCTED WHEN THE BANKING INDUSTRY LED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN WITH IMPRESSIVE SKYSCRAPERS. THE SETBACK
TOWER CULMINATES IN A FEDERAL STYLE CUPOLA CROWNED BY AN
AMERICAN EAGLE AND CONTRIBUTES A STRIKING ELEMENT TO THE SKYLINE
OF LOWER MANHATTAN. IN 2001 SWIG BURRIS EQUITIES AND McDONALD AND
CIE COMPLETED A REMODELING OF THE BUILDING'S INFRASTRUCTURE
BRINGING MODERN TECHNOLOGY, AMENITIES AND SERVICES TO 48 WALL STREET.
NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
2002"