Gerlondo Tumolillo moved to Philadelphia from Abruzzi, Italy prior to the Great Depression, and purchased multiple properties in South Philadelphia, and ended up owning an entire city block of row homes near 8th & Washington. These row homes came to be known as “Tumolillo Place” and were marked with this name on the cornerstone. Tumolillo did so well with these rental properties that he accumulated enormous wealth and commissioned a three-story building to be built as his own bank at 927-929 S 8th St by architect John Flynn. The building was marked with the names “DiGiorgio & Tumolillo” on it. Many people may think that DiGiorgio was Tumolillo’s business partner; however, the true case is DiGiorgio was his partner in life and he included the name in honor of his wife’s maiden name.