Mills Building (San Francisco)

Mills Building

Alternative names	Mills Building and Tower 220 Bush Street 220 Montgomery Street
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	220 Bush Street 220 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′29″N 122°24′05″W / 37.79127°N 122.40129°W / 37.79127; -122.40129Coordinates: 37°47′29″N 122°24′05″W / 37.79127°N 122.40129°W / 37.79127; -122.40129
Completed	1892, 1931
Owner	The Swig Company
Management	The Swig Company
Height
Roof	46.94 m (154.0 ft) 92 m (302 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	10 / 22
Design and construction
Architect	Burnham & Root D.H. Burnham & Company Willis Polk George W. Kelham Lewis Parsons Hobart

Mills Building and Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
San Francisco Designated Landmark #76
Architectural style	Chicago school
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	77000334
SFDL #	76
Significant dates
Designated	1977
Designated SFDL	1975^[1]
References
^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The Mills Building and Tower is a two-building complex following the Chicago school with Romanesque design elements in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The structures were declared San Francisco Designated Landmark #76,^[6] and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[5]^[7]

History

The original 10-story, 47 m (154 ft) structure was designed by Burnham and Root/D.H. Burnham & Company completed 1892; and after surviving the 1906 earthquake, Willis Polk in 1908, 1914, and 1918.^[8] Named for early San Francisco financial tycoon, Darius Ogden Mills, it is regarded as the city's second skyscraper, after the Chronicle Building (1890).^[9]

Completed in 1931 at 220 Bush Street, Mills Tower is a 22-story, 92 m (302 ft) annex designed by George W. Kelham and Lewis Parsons Hobart.

The Mills Building is home to several major financial firms, including SeatMe, Pocket Gems, New York Stock Exchange, and Newedge.^[10]

References

↑ "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
↑ Mills Building at Emporis
↑ Mills Tower at Emporis
↑ Mills Building at SkyscraperPage
↑ 5.0 5.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
↑ "Mills Building and Mills Tower". Noehill. 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
↑ "Mills Building and Mills Tower: National Register #77000334". Noehill. 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
↑ Robert Mix (2 September 2005). "Willis Polk in San Francisco (1907-1913)". Vernacular Language North. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
↑ Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny (January 2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Gibbs Smith. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4.
↑ "The Mills Building - Current Tenants". The Swig Company. 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.

External links

The Mills Building official website

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