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Central Tower

Former names	Call Building Spreckels Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	703 Market Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′14″N 122°24′14″W / 37.787181°N 122.403861°W / 37.787181; -122.403861Coordinates: 37°47′14″N 122°24′14″W / 37.787181°N 122.403861°W / 37.787181; -122.403861
Completed	1898 1938 (art deco/art moderne renovations)
Height
Roof	91 m (299 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	21
Design and construction
Owner	RKI 703 Investors LLC
Architect	Reid & Reid Albert Roller (renovations)
References
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Central Tower is a 91 m (299 ft) 21 floor of office building at Market- and Third-Streets in San Francisco, California. The building has undergone numerous renovations since its completion in 1898 as the Call Building and later, the Spreckels Building.

1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The building first housed the San Francisco Call and was named accordingly until the newspaper's merger in 1913. It was then called the Spreckels Building after the newspaper's owner John D. Spreckels, and his father Claus Spreckels.^[3]

The building stood 315 feet (96 m) tall with an ornate baroque dome and four corner cupolas when construction finished in 1898. It was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River for many years. The structure was badly burned and damaged by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, although the building did not collapse. After the fire, The Call reopened its offices at new location, The Montgomery.

In 1938 Albert Roller completely refurbished Central Tower. The building's height was reduced to 298 feet (91 m) and the number of stories was increased from 15 to 21; the ornate dome and the cupolas atop the building were removed.

The Call from Market Street, 1905
On fire after the 1906 earthquake
Aftermath of the fire

[edit] See also

San Francisco Bay Area portal

[edit] References

^ Central Tower (San Francisco) at Emporis
^ Central Tower (San Francisco) at SkyscraperPage
^ Korom, Joseph J. (2008). The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940. Boston: Branden Books. pp. 211–213. ISBN 0828321884. http://books.google.com/books?id=JVzYO1TyZ6AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=0828321884&ei=ZEqES_SpFIeuNb2a4OcP&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Call%20Building.

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Media related to Central Tower (San Francisco) at Wikimedia Commons

The Call Building: ...Then And Now (images) at Life magazine

Central Tower articles and topics

Timeline of the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi

Central Tower (91 m) (1898) · Key Bank Center (71 m) (1911) · Smith Tower (141 m) (1914) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (145.1 m) (1931) · Mercantile National Bank Building (166 m) (1942) · Republic Center (183 m) (1954) · Sheraton Dallas Hotel (183 m) (1959) · ExxonMobil Building (185 m) (1963) · Elm Place (191 m) (1965) · 555 California Street (237 m) (1969) · Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972) · Aon Center (262 m) (1973) · JPMorgan Chase Tower (305 m) (1982) · U.S. Bank Tower (310 m) (1990)

Timeline of the tallest buildings in California

California State Capitol (64 m) (1874) · Central Tower (91 m) (1898) · San Francisco City Hall (94 m) (1915) · Commercial Union Assurance Building (94 m) (1921) · 225 Bush Street (100 m) (1922) · PacBell Building (133 m) (1925) · Russ Building (133 m) (1927) · Los Angeles City Hall (138 m) (1928) · Hartford Building (142 m) (1965) · 44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967) · Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969) · Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972) · Aon Center (262 m) (1973) · U.S. Bank Tower (310 m) (1990)

v t e Timeline of the tallest buildings in San Francisco

Mills Building (47 m) (1892) Central Tower (91 m) (1898) San Francisco City Hall (94 m) (1915) Commercial Union Assurance Building (94 m) (1921) 225 Bush Street (100 m) (1922) PacBell Building (133 m) (1925) Russ Building (133 m) (1927) Hartford Building (142 m) (1965) 44 Montgomery (172 m) (1967) Bank of America Center (237 m) (1969) Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972)

v t e Tallest buildings in San Francisco

Skyscrapers over 500 ft (150 m)	Transamerica Pyramid 555 California Street 345 California Center Millennium Tower One Rincon Hill South Tower 50 Fremont Center 101 California Street Chevron Tower Four Embarcadero Center One Embarcadero Center 44 Montgomery One Market Plaza Spear Tower One Sansome Street Shaklee Terraces First Market Tower McKesson Plaza 425 Market Street Post Montgomery Center 333 Bush Street Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower I Pacific Gas & Electric Building

Highrises over 300 ft (90 m)	50 California Street St. Regis Museum Tower 100 McAllister Street 100 Pine Center 45 Fremont Center 333 Market Street 650 California Street 555 Mission Street 100 First Plaza One California San Francisco Marriott Marquis Russ Building PacBell Building JPMorgan Chase Building The Paramount Providian Financial Building Three Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center 595 Market Street 123 Mission Street 101 Montgomery Embarcadero West California Automobile Association Building Four Seasons Hotel One Maritime Plaza Westin St. Francis Shell Building Westin San Francisco Market Street Hilton San Francisco Financial District One Market Plaza Steuart Tower 199 Fremont Street 425 California Street Grand Hyatt San Francisco The Infinity I 100 Montgomery Street Fox Plaza InterContinental San Francisco 101 Second Street 580 California Street The Infinity II 601 California Street Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower II 450 Sutter Street Stevenson Place KPMG Building 150 California Street 225 Bush Street 505 Montgomery Street Bechtel Building Bank of California Building Fairmont San Francisco 180 Montgomery Street Central Plaza The Summit W San Francisco Phillip Burton Federal Building 555 Market Street One Bush Plaza Hunter-Dulin Building Mills Tower San Francisco City Hall Central Tower

Planned and proposed	Transbay Transit Center & Tower, Renzo Piano Towers I & II 181 Fremont Street Palace Hotel Residential Tower Harbor Village Resort 350 Mission Street 509 Howard Street One Rincon Hill North Tower Treasure Island development 201 Folsom Street I & II 45 Lansing Street The Californian at Rincon Hill 340-350 Fremont Street 555 Washington 10th and Market California Pacific Van Ness Hospital 524 Howard Street

See also: San Francisco's tallest buildings

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