Haus zum Reichsadler

Haus zum Reichsadler is a Frankfurt building recorded within the architecture category. Eugen Greiss designed it, and construction finished in 1900 for hotel use. Around thirty years later, the building became a department store. It then operated as a branch of the Rheinische Kaufhalle in Frankfurt. During the war, records listed the site among civilian labour camps. French foreign workers were documented there during that period. After the war, a 1951 United States Army city map labelled the building Post Exchange #8. The designation connects Haus zum Reichsadler with American forces in post-war Frankfurt. Its Gründerzeit façade later received artificial stone, which altered the building’s original appearance. This material change marks another visible stage in its architectural history. The Empty Spaces exhibition included Haus zum Reichsadler among Frankfurt’s vacant buildings. Its documented redevelopment involves residential units marketed under the name Bankside Residences. The residential conversion adds another chapter to the building’s history in Frankfurt.