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Pictured on May 5, 1945, is the Capital National Bank at 700 J St. Covering an 80-by-87-foot frontage, the building’s exterior was composed of California granite and featured bronze window frames. The 8-ton girders used to support it were considered at the time to be the heaviest in the city and were products of Sacramento steel mills. The terra cotta nudes ringing the sixth floor, referred to at the time as “modern heroic figures,” were controversial at the time of the bank’s $250,000 construction in 1916. The building is one of the many designs by Rudolf A. Herold, who also designed Sacramento’s City Hall building and Masonic Temple. Also notable are three women standing near the southwest corner of the building and a period car parked by the entrance.
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