Hallidie Building

	Hallidie Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	San Francisco Designated Landmark No. 37
	The Hallidie Building in 2021
Location	San Francisco, CA
Coordinates	37°47′24.07″N 122°24′12.67″W / 37.7900194°N 122.4035194°W
Built	1918
Architect	Willis Polk
NRHP reference No.	71000185
SFDL No.	37
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1971
Designated SFDL	1971

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

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

External links

Photos of the Hallidie Building at aiasf.org
Hallidie Building at greatbuildings.com
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-2221, "Hallidie Building", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.

[SFLandmark-2] "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2012.

[greatbuildings-3] "Hallidie Building". Great Buildings Collection. Architecture Week. Retrieved December 1, 2010.

[restoration-4] King, John (April 27, 2013). "A Return to Glory for the Hallidie Building". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

[currentstatus-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.

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v t e Financial District, San Francisco
Buildings and business	44 Montgomery 45 Fremont Street 50 Beale Street 50 California Street 88 Kearny Street 100 First Plaza 100 Montgomery Street 100 Pine Center 101 California Street 101 Montgomery 150 California Street 225 Bush Street 301 Howard Street 333 Bush Street 333 Market Street 345 California Center 388 Market Street 425 California Street 425 Market Street 456 Montgomery Plaza 505 Montgomery Street 555 California Street 580 California Street 595 Market Street 601 California Street 650 California Street Bank of California Building Bank of Italy Building Central Plaza Central Tower Commercial Union Assurance Building Embarcadero Center Embarcadero West First Market Tower Flatiron Building Four Embarcadero Center Hallidie Building Hobart Building Humboldt Bank Building Hunter-Dulin Building The Infinity JPMorgan Chase Building KPMG Building Market Center McKesson Plaza Mills Building and Tower Mutual Savings Bank Building One Bush Plaza One California One Embarcadero Center One Front Street One Maritime Plaza One Market Plaza One Montgomery Tower One Sansome Street Pacific Gas & Electric Building Phelan Building Russ Building San Francisco Ferry Building Shell Building Stevenson Place Three Embarcadero Center Transamerica Pyramid Two Embarcadero Center
Businesses	Hilton InterContinental Le Méridien Park Central Hotel Punch Line Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences Tadich Grill
Diplomatic missions	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco
Education	Academy of Art University Golden Gate University
Geography	Belden Place Embarcadero Plaza Kearny Street Montgomery Street New Montgomery Street
Public art	Admission Day Monument Lotta's Fountain Mechanics Monument Vaillancourt Fountain
Transportation	Embarcadero station F Market & Wharves Montgomery Street station
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