{"nrhp_refnum":"11000941","name":"Placer County Bank","other_names":["Bank of California","Union Bank of California"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"874 Lincoln Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Auburn","county":"Placer County","state":"CA","lat":38.89966838700008,"lon":-121.06931143499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Economics","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Beaux Arts concrete bank building at 874 Lincoln Way in the business district of Auburn, Placer County, California, built in 1913 to designs by architect Charles Kaiser Sumner and constructed by local builder George Herdal.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is locally significant under Criterion A for its role in Auburn's commercial growth as the home of a bank serving mining, agricultural and logging industries. It is also significant under Criterion C as an excellent Beaux Arts design by San Francisco architect Charles Kaiser Sumner. It is one of three Beaux Arts buildings in Auburn.","narrative":"Placer County Bank, at 874 Lincoln Way in Auburn, is a two-story concrete building completed in 1913 in the Beaux Arts style. Its south facade has three arched windows separated by Doric pilasters, terra cotta wreaths, a gold-leaf frieze naming the bank, and a metal cornice with dentils and sixteen lion heads. San Francisco architect Charles Kaiser Sumner designed it, and local builder George Herdal constructed it. A rear addition dates from the early 1950s. The bank was formed in 1887, moved from a small building in Old Town to this larger home as commerce shifted east toward the railroad, and merged with the Bank of California in 1955-56. It served mining, agricultural and logging interests, and in 1937 its branch reportedly shipped more gold to the San Francisco mint than any other California bank. The building was listed for its commercial importance to Auburn and as an example of Sumner's Beaux Arts work. It remains in use as a bank.","period_of_significance":"1913-1956","architect_builder":"Sumner, Charles Kaiser - architect; Herdal, George - builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals - Beaux Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as well maintained and in excellent condition, still in use as a bank; interior remodeled in the 1990s and original bronze doors replaced with aluminum-framed glass doors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.512406-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/11000941.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000941/cc5d507a74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000941/cc5d507a74-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"liannadavis","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Placer_County_Bank_2012-09-16_16-54-06.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">liannadavis</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Placer_County_Bank_2012-09-16_16-54-06.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857730","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133413373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/placer-county/placer-county-bank-11000941/"}