Buildings
| Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| exterior of the Los Angeles branch | |
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| Location: | 409 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates: | 34°2′34″N 118°15′31″W / 34.04278°N 118.25861°W / 34.04278; -118.25861 |
| Area: | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built: | 1930 |
| Architectural style: | Moderne, Other, Classical Moderne |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 84000843 |
| Added to NRHP: | September 20, 1984 |
The headquarters building of the bank, designed by George W. Kelham, has an Ionic colonnade that is pure Beaux-Arts, while the upper building is in the new Moderne fashion of 1924. The lobby with murals by Jules Guerin who created the palette for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition. In 1983 the bank relocated to larger and more modern facilities on 101 Market Street as the 400 Sansome Street location was sold to private developers who rented out the space. Prominent law firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe was headquartered in the building until 2002 when the firm moved out of the space. The building continues to be owned by private developers and currently has no tenants. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
There is also a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco building in Los Angeles. The 1929 built building is also NRHP-listed.
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