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{{short description|Historic commercial building in Sacramento, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                  = Pony Express Terminal
| nrhp_type             = nhl
| image                 = B. F. Hastings Bank Building in Sacramento, California.JPG
| caption               = B. F. Hastings Bank Building
| location              = 1000 2nd St., [[Sacramento, California]]
| coordinates           = {{coord|38|34|59|N|121|30|11|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin              = United States Sacramento#California#USA
| area                  = less than one acre
| built                 = {{start date|1852}}
| architect             =
| architecture          =
| designated_nrhp_type  = July 4, 1961<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=125&ResourceType=Building|title=Pony Express Terminal|accessdate=2008-01-06|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114222124/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=125&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2007-11-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| added                 = October 15, 1966<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
| refnum                = 66000220
| nrhp_type2            = cp
| nocat                 = yes
| designated_nrhp_type2 = January 12, 1965
| partof                = [[Old Sacramento Historic District]]
| partof_refnum         = 66000219
| designated_other1        = California
| designated_other1_number = 606
}}
[[File:B. F. Hastings Bank Building, 128-132 J Street, Sacramento (Sacramento County, California).jpg|thumb|B. F. Hastings Bank Building in 1960]]
The '''Pony Express Terminal''', also known as the '''B. F. Hastings Bank Building''', is a historic commercial building at 1000 2nd Street in [[Sacramento, California]]. Built in 1852, it was the western endpoint of the [[Pony Express]] from 1860 to 1861, the period of the service's operation.  It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1966.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">James Dillon (September 1975) {{NHLS url|id=66000220|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pony Express Terminal (B. F. Hastings Building)}}, National Park Service and {{NHLS url|id=66000220|title=''Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, undated.''|photos=y}}</ref> It now houses a museum dedicated to the history of [[Wells Fargo]], and is part of [[Old Sacramento State Historic Park]], itself a [[National Historic Landmark District]].  The B. F. Hastings Bank Building is a [[California Historical Landmark]] No. 606. <ref>{{cite ohp |606 |B.F. Hastings Building |2012-10-07}}</ref> 

==Description==
The B.F. Hastings Bank Building is located in Sacramento's historic downtown area, at the southwest corner of 2nd and J Streets.  It is an architecturally undistinguished two-story brick structure, presenting four bays to J Street and nine to 2nd Street.  A single-story canopy extends across the sidewalk in front of both facades, supported by simple square posts.  A metal staircase rises in the middle of the 2nd Street facade to an entrance on the second floor.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>

==History==
The building was constructed in 1852.  When the [[Pony Express]] began service in 1860, this building was selected by its operators as the western terminus of the service, whose eastern end was in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], more than {{convert|1800|mi|km}} away.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>  The building was also the first location of the [[California Supreme Court]].

The building is now home to one of two museums about the history of [[Wells Fargo]] in Sacramento.  This location features a re-created 19th-century [[Wells Fargo Express Company]] office, artifacts of company history and the [[California Gold Rush]] era, and exhibits about the company's role in California Gold Rush commerce.  (The other Wells Fargo History Museum in Sacramento is located in the [[Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento)|Wells Fargo Center]].)

==See also==
*[[History of Sacramento, California]]
*[[Old Sacramento State Historic Park]]
*[[California Historical Landmarks in Sacramento  County]]
*[[California Historical Landmarks in Sacramento County, California]]
*[[List of National Historic Landmarks in California]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Sacramento County, California]]
*[[:Category:Historic districts in California|Index: Historic districts in California]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|B. F. Hastings Building}}
* [http://www.wellsfargohistory.com/museums/sacramento/ Wells Fargo History Museums – Sacramento]
*{{HABS |survey=CA-1884 |id=ca0526 |title=B. F. Hastings Bank Building, 128–132 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA |photos=6 |dwgs=5 |data=6}}

{{NRHP in Sacramento County, California}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}

[[Category:Pony Express]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Sacramento, California]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1852]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California]]
[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in California]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Sacramento, California]]
[[Category:National Historic Landmarks in California]]
[[Category:1852 in California]]
[[Category:Museums in Sacramento, California]]
[[Category:Old Sacramento State Historic Park]]
[[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in California]]
[[Category:Road transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:1852 establishments in California]]