First National Bank of Long Beach

First National Bank of Long Beach

First National Bank building as it appeared in November 2007.
Location 101--125 Pine Ave
Nearest city Long Beach, California
Coordinates 33°46′06.36″N 118°11′33.39″W / 33.7684333°N 118.1926083°W / 33.7684333; -118.1926083Coordinates: 33°46′06.36″N 118°11′33.39″W / 33.7684333°N 118.1926083°W / 33.7684333; -118.1926083
Built 1906
Architect Train & Williams
NRHP Reference # 90001432
Added to NRHP September 13, 1990

The First National Bank (also known as the Metropolitan Building and the Enloe Building) building in Long Beach, California is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The original bank building had three stories, which were surpassed in 1906 with the current building, designed by Los Angeles architects Robert F. Train and Robert E. Williams. The distinctive clock tower with its six-foot-diameter clock face was added in 1907. 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.

A number of bank tenants have occupied the building, including (in order):

During the 1950s, many of the original decorative elements such as the decorative cornice were removed or covered 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.

See also

References

  • "First National Bank Building". City of Long Beach. Retrieved 2008-04-14. 
  • Mullio, Cara; Jennifer M. Volland (2004). Long Beach Architecture: The Unexpected Metropolis. Santa Monica, California: Hennessey and Ingalls. p. 64. ISBN 0-940512-39-4. 
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