National Register #78000754
Bank of Italy
552 Montgomery Street
Between Sacramento and Clay
Financial District
Built 1908 and 1931
The National Register Statement of Significance reads:
From 1908 to 1921, this eight story, Second Renaissance Revival structure in
San Francisco's financial district served as headquarters for Bank of Italy
(later renamed Bank of America). Amadeo Peter Giannini (1870-1949), the son of
Italian immigrants, built the tiny bank into one of the largest commercial banks
in the world, and probably did more to democratize and popularize banks than any
other individual.
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