Bank of California
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA OPENED FOR BUSINESS JULY 5, 1864
AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND BATTERY STREETS
IN 1865 CONSTRUCTION WAS BEGUN ON A NEW HOME AT CALIFORNIA
AND SANSOME (THIS LOCATION) WHICH WAS OCCUPIED JUNE 27, 1867.
THE BANK OUTGREW THESE QUARTERS AND IN JANUARY 1906 MOVED
TO A TEMPORARY LOCATION AT CALIFORNIA AND LEINSDORF WHILE
THE PRESENT BUILDING WAS BEING ERECTED. CONSTRUCTION WAS
ABOUT TO BEGIN WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE OCCURRED APRIL
18, 1906. WORK WAS RESUMED AFTER THE EMERGENCY AND THE
BANK RETURNED TO THIS SITE SEPTEMBER 8, 1908.