BANK OF PINOLE

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Pinole Historical Society

Bank of Pinole (Mariotti): The original Bank of Pinole opened in 1905 and was the only bank in the city. The 1915 building that is on the National Register of Historic Places survived the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Bank of Pinole (Mariotti)

The original Bank of Pinole opened in 1905 and was the only bank in the city. The 1915 building that is on the National Register of Historic Places survived the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Name/Title

BANK OF PINOLE

Description

BANK OF PINOLE: The 19th century-built Pinole Hotel stood on the south side of San Pablo Avenue between Tennent and Valley avenues. It burned down in 1914. In 1915, Edward M. Downer, mayor of Pinole, opened the newly constructed Bank of Pinole on this site. Downer, the first official postmaster, transfer agent, and telegrapher of the Southern Pacific’s Pinole depot, and co-publisher of Pinole’s first newspaper, the Pinole Weekly Times, founded the Bank of Pinole in 1905. The 1915 building that is on the National Register of Historic Places survived the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The buildings surrounding it did not and had to be torn down. In recent years it has served as a pre-school, youth center, restaurant, and flower shop.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1905 - circa 2000

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Pinole Historical Society