First National Bank of Long Beach, Historic bank building at Pine Avenue in Long Beach, United States.
First National Bank of Long Beach is a three-story French Renaissance Revival building designed by Train and Williams, with pressed yellow brick on the street sides and common red brick on the other two. A clock tower with a six-foot-diameter clock face was added in 1907. The ground floor has housed L'Opera Ristorante since 1990.
The present building replaced an earlier three-story bank structure in 1906, designed by Train and Williams, with the clock tower added in 1907. The First National Bank of Long Beach occupied it from 1906 to 1925, followed by the California National Bank of Long Beach, then California First National Bank of Long Beach, and Bank of America from 1936 into the 1960s. Banking use continued well past 1925.
The structure displays French Renaissance Revival details that shape the character of Long Beach's financial district and remain visible to anyone walking past. Its yellow brick walls and corner tower serve as a recognizable landmark in the surrounding neighborhood.
The building sits on Pine Avenue in Long Beach and is easy to spot thanks to its yellow brick and corner clock tower. Visitors can view the exterior anytime, and the ground floor restaurant is accessible during normal operating hours.
The clock face on the tower measures six feet in diameter. The building was bought for $10.9 million in 2014, and in 2024 the owner filed plans to convert it into 70 residential units with a 3,600-square-foot rooftop deck.
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