First National Bank of Long Beach
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| First National Bank of Long Beach | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 101--125 Pine Ave |
| Nearest city: | Long Beach, California |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1900 |
| Architect: | Train & Williams |
| Added to NRHP: | September 13, 1990 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 90001432 |
The First National Bank of Long Beach is a building in Long Beach, California. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The First National Bank building, designed by Los Angeles architects Robert F. Train and Robert E. Williams, opened in 1900. It was Long Beach's second bank. The structure was designed in a French Renaissance Revival style utilizing pressed yellow brick on the street sides and common red brick on the remaining two sides.
As originally built, the building had three stories. In 1906, an additional three stories were added bringing the building to its current floor height. The distinctive clock tower with its six foot diameter clock face was added in 1907.
A number of banking tenants have occupied the building, including Bank of America, California National Bank, and Security Bank. It has also been known by other names including the Metropolitan Building and the Enloe Building.
During the 1950s, many of the original decorative elements such as the decorative cornice were removed as part of modernizations efforts. In the 1980s, federal tax incentives motivated a project to restore the building to its original look and to repair the clock tower. Today, the ground floor of the building houses a restaurant rather than the historical usage as a bank.
[edit] References
- First National Bank Building. City of Long Beach. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- Mullio, Cara; Jennifer M. Volland (2004). Long Beach Architecture: The Unexpected Metropolis. Santa Monica, California: Hennessey and Ingalls, 64. ISBN 0-940512-39-4.
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