First National City Bank Maspeth Branch

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Address: 51-10 Metropolitan Avenue
Neighborhood: Maspeth
Architect:  Shenton, William L.
Year: 1962
Current Status: Extant
Award:  Honorable Mention
Typology:  Bank

This bank branch is a one story structure with a flat projecting roof. The exterior incorporates full height windows, yellow brick, and dark marble cladding at one corner and on a vertical column that separates the banking space with the back offices. The building is set back from the street and surrounded by off street-parking. The architect worked in-house for First National City Bank’s Premises Department.

Sources:

“Deaths-Shenton, William L. Sr.” The New York Times 9 Feb. 1978. Web.