The Bank of Italy building is an historic 8-

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in downtown

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. The building was completed in 1918 for the

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, that later became the

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. Its chief designer was Charles H. Franklin of the R.F. Felchlin Company. The completely vacant building is the ninth tallest in the city, and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The building was sold to the Penstar Group, a Fresno-based developer, in 2009.

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Bank of Italy (1917)
at the Historic Fresno website {{National Register of Historic Places Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Commercial buildings completed in 1918 National Register of Historic Places in Fresno County, California Renaissance Revival architecture in California Skyscraper office buildings in California Skyscrapers in Fresno, California