The Manhattan Company's main banking room and board room were on the lower floors,  While the remaining stories were rented to tenants. The former banking room was converted into a Duane Reade store.

While the lower section has a facade of limestone-and-granite facade,   The upper stories incorporate a buff-brick facade and contain numerous setbacks. As well as decorative elements made of terracotta and brick.

The vertical bays, which contain the building's windows, are separated by piers  Spandrel panels, which separate the rows of windows on each floor, are generally recessed behind the piers; the spandrels are generally darker on upper stories. The building's window openings, initially composed of one-over-one sash windows, were later replaced by numerous types of window-pane arrangements or by louvers.

The facade has "modernized French Gothic" features, its massing is designed more similarly to the Art Deco style, and there are also elements of classical architecture as well as abstract shapes. 

40 Wall Street 

Plaque inscription  "Built in 1929-30 as the Manhattan Company Building, this picturesque 927-foot tall skyscraper was planned as the world's tallest building. Crowned by a pyramidal roof and French Gothic spire, it remains an imposing presence on the lower Manhattan skyline. It was designed by H. Craig Severance with Yasau Matsui associate architect and Shreve & Lamb consulting architects. The Manhattan Company, formed in 1799 to provide pure water to the city, established the Bank of Manhattan that same year in a rowhouse on this site. Between 1929 and 1960, the Bank of Manhattan maintained banking facilities in this skyscraper. 40 Wall Street was acquired by the Trump Organization in 1995."

At the top of the building is a pyramid with a spire at its pinnacle.  40 Wall Street is 70 stories tall, with two additional basement stories. The building's pinnacle reaches 927 feet (283 m), briefly making it the world's tallest building upon its completion.

Exploring Lower Manhattan - 40 Wall Street 

1946 - Plane crashes into 40 Wall Street  An Army Air Force plane crashed into the 58th floor of the 40 Wall Street building on its way to Newark Airport. All 5 aboard died.