Riggs-Tompkins Building
a.k.a. The Riggs National Bank, Fourteenth and Park Road Branch
1403--1405 and 1413 Park Rd. NW and 3300, 3306--3316, 3328, and 3336 Fourteenth St. NW, Washington, DC Local significance of the building: Commerce; Economics; Architecture; Communications
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
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