# The Bank of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LATROBE, Benjamin Henry]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Pencil, ink, and watercolour on paper ## Commentary This watercolour by the architect shows the Bank of Pennsylvania, built between 1789 and 1800, and unfortunately destroyed 60 years later. This building was a quantum leap in American architecture. Its structure was laconic in its simplicity, and composed of a long rectangle whose two ends featured Greek-Ionic temple façade. The interior space was vaulted with a dome after the Pantheon. The beauty of the building lay in the harmonization of its volumes and the subtle design of the façades. Its central hall - the first in America to feature a stone vault - constituted a grandiose setting for the bank's business. ## Related artworks - [Baltimore Basilica]() - [Exterior view \(east front\)]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view \(west front\)]() - [Exterior view \(west front\)]() - [General view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()