Chatham Phoenix Bank

116 Bowery | also 231 Grand Street | Little Italy | built 1923

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1920
April
The Chatham Phenix bank plans to move its Bowery branch to a new $500,000 site at Grand Street
The Bowery branch of the Chatham and Phenix National Bank was reported in April 1920 to be moving to a new $500,000 home at Bowery and Grand Street. The bank was growing elsewhere in Manhattan too: in November 1919 it had leased a storefront at 434-438 Broadway through 1940.
“In April 1920, it was reported that the Bowery branch of the bank would move to a new $500,000 location at Bowery and Grand Street…”
Source: Wikipedia
1923
Charles L. Calhoun's Chatham Phoenix bank rises at Bowery and Grand Street on a former shooting-gallery lot
The Neo-Classical Chatham Phoenix Bank at 116 Bowery was designed by Charles L. Calhoun and finished in 1923. It has a rusticated limestone base, a terra cotta frieze and Tuscan pilasters, and spans three bays on the Bowery and seven on Grand Street. To make room, a one-story frame shooting gallery owned by A. Cuneo on Grand Street was demolished. Four more stories were later added to house a hotel.
“One-story frame shooting gallery owned by A. Cuneo demolished on Grand Street to make room for bank. Chatham Phoenix Bank, 1923.”
Source: National Register nomination

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