Baker and Hamilton Building
Baker and Hamilton Building | |
California Historical Landmark No. N2273 | |
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| Location | 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 37°46′17″N 122°24′7″W / 37.77139°N 122.40194°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Sutton, Albert; Weeks, Charles Peter |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000001[1] |
| SFDL No. | 193 |
| CHISL No. | N2273 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 9, 2005 |
| Designated SFDL | April 6, 1989[2] |
| Designated CHISL | February 9, 2005[3] |
The Baker and Hamilton Building, also known as Pacific Hardware and Steel Company Building and Baker, Hamilton and Pacific Company, is a historic office building and former commercial building built in 1905,[4] and located in South of Market at 601 Townsend Street in San Francisco, California.
The Baker and Hamilton Building listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since April 6, 1989;[5] listed as a California Historic Landmark since February 9, 2005;[3] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 9, 2005.
Architecture
[edit]The building was built in 1905 for the Pacific Hardware and Steel Company, and was designed by architects Charles Peter Weeks (1870–1928) and Albert Sutton (1867–1923).[6] The building is 150,000 sq. ft. in floor area.[6] During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake the building survived.[6]
History
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In 1918, Pacific Hardware and Steel Company merged with the Baker and Hamilton Company.[6] The Baker and Hamilton was founded as a California Gold Rush-era mining supply and hardware store company, by Livingston Low Baker and Robert Muirhead Hamilton in Mormon Island.[7] They grew in popularity in Sacramento, because of the proximity to mines. The company had a second store location at Front and California Street in San Francisco, active from 1867 until 1906, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake.[7]
The building was converted in the year 2000 into office space for Organic, Inc. During the dot-com downturn space went unused, until Macromedia in 2005; and then Adobe Systems moved in during 2007[8] after buying Macromedia.
References
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks" (PDF). City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ a b "Baker and Hamilton". CA State Parks. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ^ "Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects - The Baker & Hamilton Building". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ^ "San Francisco Landmark #193: Baker and Hamilton". noehill.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ^ a b c d Michelson, Alan. "Pacific Hardware and Steel Company Building, SoMa, San Francisco, CA". Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ^ a b Janin, Henry Covington (1939). The History of Baker, Hamilton & Pacific Company.
- ^ JD on EP: Baker-Hamilton Building
