Hallidie Building

Hallidie Building
The Hallidie Building in 2021
LocationSan Francisco, CA
Coordinates37°47′24.07″N 122°24′12.67″W / 37.7900194°N 122.4035194°W / 37.7900194; -122.4035194
Built1918
ArchitectWillis Polk
NRHP reference No.71000185[1]
SFDL No.37
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1971
Designated SFDL1971[2]

The Hallidie Building is an office building in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, at 130 Sutter Street, between Montgomery Street and Kearny Street. Designed by architect Willis Polk and named in honor of San Francisco cable car pioneer Andrew Smith Hallidie, it opened in 1918. Though credited as the first American building to feature glass curtain walls,[3] it was in fact predated by Louis Curtiss's Boley Clothing Company building in Kansas City, Missouri, completed in 1909.[citation needed]

The building underwent a two-year restoration, completed in April 2013,[4] after its sheet metal friezes, cornices, balconies, and fire escapes were deemed unsafe by the City of San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection.[5]

The San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects opened the Center for Architecture + Design in the street-level retail space, which predates the rest of the building, adding a gallery, lecture hall, and cafe in 2023.[6][7] The building also houses Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.[citation needed]

It houses the headquarters of Fandom.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. ^ "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Hallidie Building". Great Buildings Collection. Architecture Week. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  4. ^ King, John (April 27, 2013). "A Return to Glory for the Hallidie Building". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  5. ^ Kane, Will (November 29, 2010). "Look up: Historic Hallidie Building crumbling". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  6. ^ King, John (November 30, 2020). "Famous S.F. building to get new storefront tenant — an architecture center". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  7. ^ John King (September 1, 2023). "AIA San Francisco Moves Downstairs in the Historic Hallidie Building for a Major Office Upgrade". Architectural Record.
  8. ^ "Privacy Policy". Fandom. Archived from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.