Bank of San Luis
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Malouff Department Store (Bank of San Luis)
1911. 351 Main St.
Four heavy Doric columns support the temple front of a masonry bank which became a store with apartments upstairs. Stucco layers applied over the years have helped integrate what was originally a jarring architectural departure from indigenous adobe. The bank's basic disharmony is compounded by its siting at a slight angle to adjacent main street frontages, perhaps a grid-minded Anglo builder's attempt to straighten out the town.
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