Baldi Brothers Bank and Real Estate Building

"We have in the Baldi brothers — An example of what can be done by the activity and work of an Italian in America. They ascended from the selling of fruit, to today directing an industrial multiplex of the first order. The sale of wholesale coal, a real estate office, and a banking institution, all united and administered admirably. They instituted a cigar factory, a work center for the Italians, a fountain of pure water in the neighborhood, and the cleaning up of the area (where the establishments are), previously overwhelmed by the odors of a tannery. In addition, they donated a three-story building to be used as a hospital for Italians. They sought initiatives of the church, school, monuments and local charitable associations, defending Italians in prison and deceased. The magnitude of the patriotic deeds are documented and characteristics of the Baldi brothers have merited praise, both locally and nationally.