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Commercial Union Assurance Building General information Status Complete Type Office[1] Location 315 Montgomery Street
San FranciscoCoordinates 37°47′31.6″N 122°24′10.8″W / 37.792111°N 122.403°WCoordinates: 37°47′31.6″N 122°24′10.8″W / 37.792111°N 122.403°W Opening 1921[1] Height Roof 94 m (308 ft)[1] Technical details Floor count 16[1] The Commercial Union Assurance Building is an 16-story office building located in San Francisco's financial district.[1] The building, completed in 1921, stands 308 feet (94 m) tall, equaling the height of the San Francisco City Hall.[2][3] Both the San Francisco City Hall and the Commercial Union Assurance Building were San Francisco's tallest building(s) until 1922.[1][2][3] The much taller 555 California Street stands to the west of this Renaissance-revival styled building.[2]
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References
- ^ a b c d e f "Commercial Union Assurance Building". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10631. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ a b c "Commercial Union Assurance Building". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=commercialunionassurancebuilding-sanfrancisco-ca-usa. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ a b "San Francisco City Hall". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10624. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
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)
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)
Categories:- Skyscrapers in San Francisco, California
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