{"nrhp_refnum":"85000354","name":"Bank of Loleta","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"358 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Loleta","county":"Humboldt County","state":"CA","lat":40.64044772900007,"lon":-124.22515178799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1920 Neo-Classical Revival bank building at 358 Main Street in Loleta, a small dairying community above the Eel River Delta in Humboldt County, California. It was designed by Eureka architect Franklin T. Georgeson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a fine example of Neo-Classical Revival architecture that keeps a high degree of integrity. It also reflects nearly 65 years of banking service to Loleta's dairying community, a service that began with the Dickson & Dickson store and the bank's 1910 incorporation.","narrative":"Built in 1920 to designs by Eureka architect Franklin T. Georgeson, this small bank sits in the one-block commercial strip of Loleta, a dairy town above the Eel River Delta. Constructed of reinforced concrete with precast cement decoration, it is 28 feet wide and 82 feet long. Its front shows fluted columns and pilasters with ornamented capitals, a bracketed pediment with a shell motif, a dentiled cornice and a roof balustrade. Painted white, it contrasts with neighboring storefronts. The interior retains its tile floor, wooden tellers' cage, ceiling panels and vault. The bank grew from banking services offered at the Dickson & Dickson general store, which was licensed in 1905, and it was incorporated in 1910 with $25,000 in capital stock. Its architecture and its long service to local ranchers and merchants are the reasons given for its listing. A guidebook of 1973 called it a modest, well designed small bank.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Franklin T. Georgeson","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition. The form says it is carefully preserved and still serves as a bank, with the only apparent exterior alteration being replacement of the original doors with aluminum ones.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.511998-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85000354.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000354/186a9ce6ea-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000354/186a9ce6ea-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NoeHill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bank_of_Loleta_California.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NoeHill</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_Loleta_California.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858721","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133267465"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/humboldt-county/bank-of-loleta-85000354/"}