Granite Trust Company

Granite Trust Company
Location 1400 Hancock St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′58″N 71°0′10″W / 42.24944°N 71.00278°WCoordinates: 42°14′58″N 71°0′10″W / 42.24944°N 71.00278°W
Built 1929
Architect Beals,J. William, & Sons
Architectural style Art Deco
Governing body Private
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP Reference #

89001351

[1]
Added to NRHP September 20, 1989

The Granite Trust Company is a historic commercial building at 1400 Hancock Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The Art Deco building was designed by J. William Beals and Sons, and constructed in 1929. At ten stories, it is the city's only skyscraper. It was built for the Granite Trust Company (later the South Shore Bank), whose predecessor, the Quincy Stone Bank, was the community's first commercial bank.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Granite Trust Company". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-31.