Bank of Italy (Livermore, California)

Bank of Italy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bank of Italy in Livermore
Location	2250 1st Street, Livermore, California
Coordinates	37°40′57″N 121°46′07″W / 37.682422°N 121.768475°W / 37.682422; -121.768475
Built	1921; 104 years ago (1921)
Architect	Edward T. Foulkes
Architectural style	Second Renaissance Revival – Neoclassical architecture
NRHP reference No.	78000648[1]
Added to NRHP	November 16, 1978

The Bank of Italy Building is a historical building in Livermore, California. It was built in 1921 and listed to the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 1994. The building was designed by Edward T. Foulkes in the Second Renaissance Revival and Neoclassical architecture. It is made of bricks from the Livermore Fire Brick Company, with marble floors. When first opened, it functioned as the San Francisco's Bank of Italy's 13th branch till 1957. The building then became The City of Livermore's City Hall from 1957 to 1978. The building later became Bank of America's thirteenth branch till 1991. In 1991 the building was sold to the Seppala family, who updated the building, added and elevator and did seismic updates. Since 1963 the building has housed The Independent, a newspaper that serving the cities of Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton and Sunol.^[2] A marker was placed on the building in July 1987 by the Livermore Heritage Preservation Commission.^[3][4]

The Bank of Italy Building headquarters in San Francisco Financial District is also on the National Register of Historic Places. Bank of Italy Buildings in other California cities are also on the National Register of Historic Places: Bank of Italy (Fresno, California), Bank of Italy (Paso Robles, California), Bank of Italy Building (San Jose, California), Bank of Italy (Tracy, California), and Bank of Italy (Visalia, California).