{"nrhp_refnum":"97000331","name":"National Bank of San Mateo","other_names":["Crocker--Anglo Bank"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"164 S. B St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Mateo","county":"San Mateo County","state":"CA","lat":37.56652281400005,"lon":-122.32321738699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-04-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Economics"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story reinforced concrete bank building at 164 South B Street in downtown San Mateo, California, built in 1924 to designs by Weeks and Weeks, with Samuel A. Wisnom as builder.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its role in local economic history as the town's locally owned bank, built in response to the spread of branch banking in California. It is also significant as the only academic example of Beaux Arts classicism in the San Mateo central business district. Its exterior remains largely unchanged from 1924.","narrative":"This two-story bank at 164 South B Street, on a corner in downtown San Mateo, was completed in 1924 from designs by architects William H. and Harold H. Weeks. Samuel Wisnom, grandson of one of the original bank founders, served as builder. Its front is divided into three bays framed by fluted pilasters on a marble base, with a classical entablature, balustrade, and a pink terra cotta entrance frame. The exterior survives largely as built, while the interior has been subdivided and stripped of most original fixtures. The building was listed for two reasons. It represents the era of small, locally owned banks, which gave way to large branch systems; the bank was absorbed by Crocker-Anglo in 1955. It is also the only academic example of Beaux Arts classicism in the downtown, a late and simplified expression of a style used to convey stability. The form describes the building as vacant, having closed as a bank in the 1980s.","period_of_significance":"1924-1947","architect_builder":"Architect: Weeks and Weeks (William H. and Harold H.); Builder: Wisnom, Samuel A.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revival; Beaux Arts Classicism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The form states the building is now vacant. It was closed in the 1980s, later leased for commercial purposes, and the interior has been substantially altered while the exterior remains largely original.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.054605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/97000331.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000331/1d8be738c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000331/1d8be738c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Bank_of_San_Mateo,_164_S._B_St.,_San_Mateo,_CA_9-5-2011_2-56-09_PM.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:National_Bank_of_San_Mateo,_164_S._B_St.,_San_Mateo,_CA_9-5-2011_2-56-09_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861538","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_of_San_Mateo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85787847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-mateo-county/national-bank-of-san-mateo-97000331/"}