Old custom house. A notable example of Greek revival architecture, this building follows in many regards Latrobe's design of 1818. It was erected 1819-1824 by his pupil Strickland, as the first modern adaptations of the Parthenon at Athens. It was the center of the bitter financial and political struggle in which the bank's head, Nicholas Biddle and his ally Henry Clay, contended with President Jackson for control of the nation's monetary system. Jackson prevented the rechartering of the bank in 1836 and from 1845 to 1934 its former home served as the Philadelphia custom house.