First Trust Building and Garage

United States historic place


First Trust Building and Garage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The First Trust Building in 2013
34°8′46″N 118°8′17″W / 34.14611°N 118.13806°W / 34.14611; -118.13806
Built	1927
Architect	Bennett & Haskell
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival, Mediterranean Revival,
NRHP reference No.	87000941^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 12, 1987

First Trust Building and Garage, also known as Lloyd's Bank, is a historic 1927 building located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. The building was designed by Cyril Bennett and Fitch Haskell; its design incorporates the Mediterranean Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Beaux-Arts styles. The design features decorative exterior stonework, a red tile hip roof topped with a cupola, and a frieze and balustrade on the south facade. The building's interior is decorated with murals depicting scenes from around Pasadena. Caltech professor R. R. Martel designed the building's earthquake-proof support system, which uses steel beams and girders with reinforcing concrete; the system was considered an important advancement in earthquake-proof construction and became a standard form of construction.^[2]

The First Trust Building and Garage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Milkovich, Ann K. (August 12, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: First Trust Building and Garage". National Park Service. Retrieved May 9, 2013.