Columbia Savings Bank Building

The Columbia Savings Bank Building, also known as the Columbus Savings Bank, is a landmark office building located at 700 Montgomery Street in the Financial District of San Francisco, California.[2]

Columbus Savings Bank
Typebuilding
Location700 Montgomery Street
Coordinates37.795657°N 122.403194°W / 37.795657; -122.403194
AreaJackson Square Historic District
Built1904
ArchitectFrederick Herman Meyer and Smith O'Brien[1]
Architectural style(s)Classical Revival[2]
Official nameColumbia Savings Bank Building
Designated10/8/2000[3]
Reference no.212[3]
Location of Columbus Savings Bank in San Francisco

The building is registered as a San Francisco Landmark. It was deemed significant as the "oldest of four buildings that represent the beginning of Italian banking in San Francisco", along with the Bank of Italy building and two other bank buildings.[2]

Tenants

The Columbia Savings Bank Building was originally built for the Columbus Savings and Loan Society, as a bank which primarily served the Italian community in San Francisco.[2]

In 1923 the building at 700 Montgomery became, for two years, the Columbus Branch of the Bank of Italy.[2]

From 1939 to 1953 the ground floor was occupied by the Pisani Printing and Publishing Company.[2]

The upper floor was occupied by the Italian consulate from 1948 to 1951, and the Indonesian consulate from 1954 to 1956.[2]

From 1973 until 1996, the building was the studio for KIOI radio station.[4]

Beginning in 2000, it hosted the law offices of former Mayor Joseph L. Alioto and his daughter, Angela Alioto.[2]

References
  1. authors, Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny ; contributing; al., photographers, Beth A. Armstrong, Anthony Bruce, Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny... [et (2007). An architectural guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. p. 6. ISBN 1586854321. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. "Historic Sites and Points of Interest in San Francisco". NoeHill. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. "SAN FRANCISCO PRESERVATION BULLETIN NO. 9" (PDF). San Francisco Planning Dept. City and County of San Francisco. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. "KIOI Radio: 1968-2000, The K-101 Era". Bay Area Radio Museum. CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RADIO SOCIETY. Retrieved 22 April 2016.


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