San Francisco City Hall
City Hall for the City and County of San Francisco, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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San Francisco City Hall is the seat of government for the City and County of San Francisco, California. Re-opened in 1915 in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, it is a Beaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure's dome is taller than that of the United States Capitol by 42 feet (13 m).[8] The present building replaced an earlier City Hall that was destroyed during the 1906 earthquake, which was two blocks from the present one.
San Francisco City Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | Government offices |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
Location | 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°46′45″N 122°25′09″W |
Construction started | April 5, 1913 (1913-04-05)[1] |
Completed | July 28, 1916 (1916-07-28)[2] |
Cost | US$3.4 million ($102 million dollars[3] in 2016) |
Owner | City and County of San Francisco |
Management | Real Estate Division |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 93.73 m (307.5 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 5, including ground floor |
Floor area | >46,000 m2 (500,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 9 (6 passenger, 3 freight) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Bakewell & Brown |
Designated | 1970[4] |
Reference no. | 21 |
References | |
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The principal architect was Arthur Brown, Jr., of Bakewell & Brown, whose attention to the finishing details extended to the doorknobs and the typeface to be used in signage.[citation needed] Brown also designed the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, Veterans Building, Temple Emanuel, Coit Tower and the Federal office building at 50 United Nations Plaza.