The New England Bank Building - Kansas City, Mo.
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N 39° 06.129 W 094° 35.038
15S E 363035 N 4329306
This fourteen-story masonry former bank building is located at 21 West 10th Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMM867
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2014
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This former bank has been converted into Condominiums.
From the National Register application:
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"Wilder and Wight, architects (1907); McKecknie and Trask, architects (1930). The main facade faces north. The original portion of the fourteen-story building, constructed in 1907, features a symmetrical facade with a deeply recessed entrance bay flanked by recessed monumental arched fenestration. The entrance displays a double-leaf decorative bronze door in high relief crowned by a pediment over a highly embellished frieze, supported by decorative consols. Over the entrance is a bronze-framed multipaned arched window. The flanking bronze-framed windows, as well as the windows of the west facade, are similarly designed. A non-original entrance is located at the far east bay of the main facade.
A wide molded and denticulated water table (originally part of the cornice, which featured an open balustrade) separates the original building from the 1930 addition. The brick main block, floors 4 through 12, feature alternating bays of single and paired one-over-one aluminum-framed windows; the fenestration of the 13th and 14th floors of the main facade are separated by terracotta tile. The terminating attic level fenestration features terra cotta surrounds and stringcoursing.
Additional features of the New England National Bank Building include prominent stone quoining at the original 1907 building's first story level, a carved stone eagle above the arch of the main entrance, and a brick elevator tower. The name "NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL BANK" is carved above the main entrance. Although the majority of the interior of the bank building has been drastically modified over the years, some elements of the original three-story bank lobby, including columns and crown molding, are extant. The polychromatic mosaic domed ceiling of the entrance vestibule also remains."