Butte County Points of Interest
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Oroville Bank of Italy in the 1920s
Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
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Former Bank of Italy on 24 April 2013
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24 April 2013
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Myers and Montgomery Streets
Oroville
The plaque mounted on the side of the building reads:
This tablet commemorates
the establishment
of the
First Banking Institution
in
Ophir
now
Oroville
which was located on this site
and occupied by
McWilliams & Tymeson,
Emery and Faulkner & Co. (1855-1865)
Rideout Smith & Co. (1866-1912)
Rideout Smith National Bank (1912-1922)
Bank of Italy (1922-1927)
And since March, 1927
by the
Bank of Italy
National Trust and Savings Association
Dedicated
to the
Pioneers of California
by
Gold Ophir Parlor No. 190 N.D.G.W.
and
Argonaut Parlor No. 8 N.S.G.W.
Placed May 7, 1927
by the
Bank of Italy
National Trust and Savings Association
The building now houses Oroville Aerie 196 of the Fratenal Order of Eagles.