[3][4] The Bank of Italy Building headquarters in San Francisco Financial District is also on the National Register of Historic Places.

All openings are set back to create pronounced shadow effects, with window sills resting about four feet above the sidewalk on a solid stone-grade beam running around the building's perimeter.

Above the pilaster capitals, an architrave, taenia, and entablature embellished with relief sculptures of the French "Fleur-de-lis" flank the central name inscription "Bank of Italy."

This ensemble is capped by a stone cornice featuring decorative elements like egg and dart motifs, simulated beam ends, or triglyphs, and a coffered soffit.

A balustrade of turned balusters lines the roof perimeter, with square posts aligning with the pilasters below and topped by a simple rail.

It replicates the fenestration of the First Street facade but features four arched window openings instead of a doorway, with no flagpole atop the roof.

Throughout construction, the Bank of Italy temporarily operated out of adjacent offices on Lizzie Street, now S. Livermore Ave.

The local Chamber of Commerce hosted a reception and dinner on the opening evening, with Mr. Thomas W. Norris, President of the competing First National Branch of Livermore, serving as the Toastmaster.