Commercial National Bank Building, Exterior

ID: 3197 ~ Source: National Register Nomination Form ~ Creator: Carol Highsmith ~ Date: January 1991

This file appears in: Commercial National Bank (Western Union Building): The Commercial National Bank was one of DC's first Stripped Classical designs, inspiring many later iterations.

View from southeast showing street facades

This file appears in: Commercial National Bank (Western Union Building): The Commercial National Bank was one of DC's first Stripped Classical designs, inspiring many later iterations.

Commercial National Bank (Western Union Building): The Commercial National Bank was one of DC's first Stripped Classical designs, inspiring many later iterations.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The Commercial National Bank, also known as the Western Union Building, designed by noted Washington architect Waddy B. Wood in 1917, is an excellent early example of the simplified and stylized…