{"nrhp_refnum":"78000648","name":"Bank of Italy","other_names":["Livermore City Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2250 1st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Livermore","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.682262012000024,"lon":-121.76833934499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Renaissance Revival bank building at 2250 First Street in Livermore, Alameda County, California, built between May 1921 and January 1922 for the Bank of Italy. It was designed by architect Edward T. Foulkes and built by Alfred J. Storm, and later served as Livermore City Hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is architecturally significant as an early 20th century Second Renaissance Revival bank and a good example of the neo-classic architecture that shaped California's early 20th century townscapes. It was also the 13th branch of the Bank of Italy, now Bank of America, and served as city hall during Livermore's major growth. It faces other historic buildings of the same era and style across the town center.","narrative":"Built in 1921-22 at 2250 First Street in Livermore, this granite-faced bank was commissioned by the Bank of Italy as its 13th branch, part of what became the Bank of America. Edward T. Foulkes was the architect and Alfred J. Storm the builder. The branch opened on January 3, 1922. The First Street front has three round-arched openings, rusticated stone, Corinthian-style pilasters, carved heads on the keystones, a fleur-de-lis frieze and a balustrade at the roofline. A longer side facade on South Livermore Avenue repeats the design with four arches. The exterior remains virtually unchanged. The City of Livermore bought the building in 1957 and used it as City Hall while the population grew from about 12,000 to over 48,000. The city council designated it a local landmark in 1977. It was listed for its architecture as an early 20th century Second Renaissance Revival bank and for its relationship to other period buildings nearby.","period_of_significance":"1921-1922 (specific dates 5/17/21 to 1/3/22)","architect_builder":"Edward T. Foulkes - Architect; Alfred J. Storm - Builder","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival (Second Renaissance Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned and occupied by the City as City Hall for about twenty years; the city planned to vacate it within a year. Exterior described as virtually unchanged from original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.302289-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000648.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000648/7b2fb88079-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000648/7b2fb88079-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bank_of_Italy_(Livermore,_CA).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Bank_of_Italy_(Livermore,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858149","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Italy_(Livermore,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123232237"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/bank-of-italy-78000648/"}