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The First Trust and Savings Bank - American Bank Building was built in 1913-1914 for the First Trust and Savings Bank; in1922, it changed its name to the American Bank. Today the building is known as the Westlake Building. It is located at 1540-50 San Pablo Avenue / 521-63 - 16th Street.
The building was designed by Llewellyn Dutton and built by P.J. Walker. 1 It opened in May 1914.
1914 ad
c.1913 Cheney Photo Advertising 
1951 Sanborn excerpt
An ad in Polk's 1941 shows it at the home of Oakland Bank of Commerce, founded in 1937.
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Links and References
- Downtown Oakland Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (see pp.23-24)
- $300,000 Bank Structure to Be Built at Sixteenth Street and San Pablo Avenue Oakland Tribune February 15, 1913
