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First National Bank of Long Beach | |
![]() The building in 2007 | |
Location | 101--125 Pine Ave |
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Nearest city | Long Beach, California |
Coordinates | 33°46′06.36″N118°11′33.39″W / 33.7684333°N 118.1926083°W |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | Train & Williams |
NRHP reference No. | 90001432 |
Added to NRHP | September 13, 1990 [1] |
First National Bank of Long Beach (also known as the Metropolitan Building and the Enloe Building) in downtown Long Beach, California is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
The bank building originally was three stories, and was surpassed in 1906 by the current building, designed by Train and Williams. [2] The distinctive clock tower with its six-foot-diameter clock face was added in 1907. The structure was designed in a French Renaissance Revival style [2] utilizing pressed yellow brick on the street sides and common red brick on the remaining two sides.
A number of bank tenants have occupied the building, including (in order):
During the 1950s, many of the original decorative elements such as the decorative cornice were removed or covered as part of modernizations efforts. In the 1980s, federal tax incentives motivated a project to restore the building to its original look and to repair the clock tower. [2] The ground floor of the building has housed L'Opera Ristorante since 1990.
The building was purchased for $10.9 million in 2014 ($14 million in 2023). In 2024, the owner submitted plans to convert the building into 70 residential units and also add a 3,600 square feet (330 m2) rooftop deck. [2]
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