Pacific Telephone Building
Elevated view looking east towards 140 New Montgomery under construction. Gladding, McBean and Co. in foreground.
South of MarketBuilding
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Pacific Telephone Building
[San Francisco, Coast Division Executive Building. Progress -- 12-9-24] View south from rooftop of 79 New Montgomery past Rialto Building to Pacific Telephone Building under construction.
Financial District
Hyde near Sutter
827 Hyde between Sutter and Bush,Pacific Telephone Exchange Building, the only known pre-fire building in this district. In 1919 it was the location of the Franklin exchange; pre-fire it was the East Exchange. [Franklin Office before Fire of 1906]
Lower Nob Hill
Franklin & Sutter
Southeast corner of Franklin and Sutter. The Century Club of California, 1355 Franklin Street, built 1905, designed by club member Julia Morgan. The building still stands in 2021. Dr. F.J. Lane Dentist at right[184]
Cathedral Hill
540 Darien Way
[214-B - Chronicle Model Home. Monterey Heights] Mock Tudor home in Balboa Terrace (misidentified as Monterey Heights) designed by architect Harold Stoner as San Francisco Chronicle Model Home No. 2.
Balboa Terrace
540 Darien Way
Mock Tudor home in Balboa Terrace designed by architect Harold Stoner as San Francisco Chronicle Model Home No. 2.
Balboa Terrace
Van Ness & Cedar
View of Concordia Club building at 1142 Van Ness between Post and Cedar, designed by G Albert Lansburgh and built in 1909. The building was significantly enlarged and remodeled in 1915, though it retained some of the exterior design elements. The Concordia Club vacated building in 2014. [1059 Concordia Club. San Francisco, A.I.P.]
Lower Nob Hill
650 Geary
Geary Street between Jones and Leavenworth. Moorish style Shriners building, now known as the Alcazar Theatre [Islam Temple San Francisco]
Lower Nob Hill
Montgomery & Sacramento
View northeast to corner, Canton Bank (Anglo Bank Building, extant in 2018), Coast Banker, Bank of Italy building in distance on left. [B-22] [G810 B-022] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
Bancroft Building
View south across Market to 723 Market Street, A. L. Bancroft & Company between 3rd & 4th Streets. Street work underway, people posing in front. Johnson & Best cabinet makers at left. Building destroyed by fire, 1886. (T.E. Hecht copy Same image as wnp37.03777, different cropping.) [Bancroft Bldg, 1871(sic) Market St., BU-1 102, Helios] [G810 BU-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
Oak & Baker
View to northeast corner and Coliseum Roller Skating Rink. The building was also used for assemblies, dances and political rallies. Built in 1907 and seems to have been abandoned when the city refused to give it a use permit in 1922. Torn down shortly after. (JF) Site of California Department of Motor Vehicles office in 2018. [BU-30] [G810 BU-030] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Buena Vista
Montgomery & Gold
View east across Montgomery to Pioneer Building, built in 1862 (Samuel Charles Bugbee, 1812-1877, architect), formerly home of the Society of California Pioneers and the first home of Hastings College of the Law (in 1879). In this photo it is missing its original third story with mansard roof. Casper Stein Pioneer Stable (808 Montgomery), Old Europe Hotel (814 Montgomery). [1186, Mar 1906, BU-32] [Pioneer Hall. Jackson St., Bugbee, Architect] [G810 BU-032] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
North Beach
Sansome & Pine
Royal Insurance Building at center. [BU-33] [G810 BU-033] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
California & Grant
View north on Grant. Chinatown, Sing Chong Importing Co., The Linen House, cable car tracks. [C-23] [G810 C-023] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
California & Grant
View northwest across intersection to almost completed Sing Chong Co. Building, Old St. Mary's Church at right. Signs: "Sing Chong Co. Will Occupy This Entire Building", "Chinese Bazaar", "Japanese Bazaar", "T. Paterson Ross architect, Burgren engineer." [C-30] [G810 C-030] (GGNRA/Behrman OGA 35346)
Chinatown