Italian American Bank
- Architect
- John Galen Howard
- Year
- 1907
- City
- San Francisco, CA
The Italian American Bank building at 460 Montgomery Street replaced an earlier seven-story bank building destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Built in 1907 by the firm Howard & Galloway, headed by architect John Galen Howard, during the city's post-quake reconstruction, the two-story structure used steel-reinforced concrete, brick, and granite.
the building
Reconstruction-era materials. The 1907 replacement building used steel-reinforced concrete alongside brick and granite, reflecting downtown San Francisco's shift toward fire-resistant construction after 1906.
significance
The building has been a San Francisco Designated Landmark since April 6, 1980. It was later joined to the neighboring 1908 Borel & Co. building through facadism to form 456 Montgomery Plaza.
nearby
- Bank of Italy Building
- Merchants Exchange Building
- Transamerica Pyramid
- Federal Reserve Bank Building
- Commercial Union Assurance Building
- 555 California Street