Baltimore: Bank of America Building The Bank of America Building, originally the Baltimore Trust Building, at 10 Light Street was built in 1929 by Taylor & Fisher and Smith & May. The 505-foot Art Deco tower was Baltimore's tallest until the Legg Mason Building was completed in 1973. The building's exterior is decorated with bird and lion carvings, Maya-style human faces and is capped with a copper and gold roof. The ornate, two-story main banking lobby is highly decorated with mosaic floors designed by Hildreth Meiere, and historic murals by McGill Mackall on historic themes: the Baltimore fire of 1904, and the writing of the National Anthem at the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Shortly after the Baltimore Trust Company moved into the building in 1929, the bank went into bankruptcy in 1933, followed by receivership in 1935. The New Deal's Public Works Administration occupied the building until it was bought by the Maryland National Bank in 1961, which was purchased by NationsBank in 1993. NationsBank merged with Bank of America in 1997. / VFL.Ru