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After a large earthquake in 1868, local architects formed the Architectural Association of San Francisco and held a conference to discuss how to build to resist earthquakes. [2] Turnbull became the association's secretary. In 1869 Turnbull designed a large building of four storeys plus a basement and an attic for H H Bancroft & Co, a printing ...
At least two notable San Francisco architects, Bernard Maybeck and George Applegarth, worked for Wright & Sanders. Applegarth, a nephew of Sanders, worked for the firm from c. 1895 to c. 1901. [12] [3] The bulk of Wright & Sanders' work in San Francisco was destroyed during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and ensuing fires. Other projects ...
It first assembled in the basement of the ruined Hall of Justice on the afternoon of the earthquake, Wednesday, April 18, at 3 p.m. By 5 p.m. the location became dangerous and the Committee crossed Portsmouth Square to meet at the Plaza Hotel, which in turn had to be abandoned two hours later.
The Montgomery Block, also known as Monkey Block and Halleck's Folly, was a historic building active from 1853 to 1959, and was located in San Francisco, California. It was San Francisco's first fireproof and earthquake resistant building. [2] It came to be known as a Bohemian center, from the late 19th to the middle of the 20th-century. [2]
Haas entrusted Bavarian architect Peter R. Schmidt and contractors McCann & Biddell to build his home in 1886. [5] [7] The house withstood the 1906 earthquake with only slight damage. [5] However, the home was threatened by the devastating fire which followed the earthquake and destroyed about 40% of San Francisco.
The James C. Flood Mansion is a historic mansion at 1000 California Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California, USA.Now home of the Pacific-Union Club, it was built in 1886 as the townhouse for James C. Flood, a 19th-century silver baron.
Lewis Parsons Hobart (January 14, 1873 – October 19, 1954) was an American architect, whose designs included San Francisco's Grace Cathedral and Macy's Union Square, several California Academy of Sciences buildings, [1] and the 511 Federal Building in Portland, Oregon.
A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, T. Paterson Ross came to San Francisco at the age of 12 in 1885.In 1890, he began working as a draftsman for architect John Gash, and by 1891, he produced an unusual design for the California Building for the World's Columbian Exposition to be held in Chicago in 1893.