Germania Bank
Begin Exploring this SiteDescription: Now a 72-room single-family home, Germania Bank constructed the building to house its operations, which primarily served the large German population based in the area.
Closest Address: 190 Bowery, Manhattan, NY 10012, USA
Suggested time to explore: 0 hr 10 min
References and Photo Credits
Flickr. 190 Bowery. Chan, Michal G., photographer. (2008, September 5). http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgchan/3469823511/
Flickr. 190 Bowery. Williams, John, photographer. (2009, January 27) http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnwilliamsphd/3233142282/
Flickr. Germania Bank building. Williams, John, photographer. (2008, August 9) http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnwilliamsphd/4291798629/
Flickr. Jay Maisel talks to the photography kids. Joe Focus, photographer. (2006, October 25). http://www.flickr.com/photos/okiboi/280252265/
Goodman, Wendy. (2008, September 21). The 72-Room bohemian dream house. New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/realestate/vu/2008/09/50481/
Landmarks Preservation Commission. (2005, March 29). Designation list 360, (Former) Germania Bank Building, 190 Bowery. http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/germania.pdf
MCNY Collections Portal. 190-194 Spring Street and Bowery, N.W. corner. Germania Bank. (ca. 1905). http://collections.mcny.org/MCNY/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MNY_HomePage - /ViewBox_VPage&VBID=24UP1GTSGECN&IT=Zoo
MCNY Collections Portal. 190-194 Spring Street at the N.W. corner Bowery. Germania Bank interior. (1905). http://tinyurl.com/cjsjbvg
The New York Times. $275,000,000 bank by triple merger. (1927, July 9). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30716FB3D5812738DDDA00894DF405B878EF1D3
The New York Times. The Bowery awakens to an upbeat trend. (1966, October 16). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C14FC3F54117B93C4A8178BD95F428685F9
The New York Times. Germania Bank’s new home. (1898, December 29). http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F4091EFF345D11738DDDA00A94DA415B8885F0D3
The New York Times Germania bank gets a new name. (1918, April 15). http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C01EFDE103BEE3ABC4D52DFB2668383609EDE
The New York Times. Robert Maynicke. (1913, October 1). http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9801E4D7163DE633A25752C0A9669D946296D6CF
NYPL Digital Gallery. A typical scene on the Bowery. Hartshorn, William Newton, editor. (1910). Image ID: ps_grd_212. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?ps_grd_212
