44 Montgomery

44 Montgomery is a 43-story, 172 m (564 ft) office skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District.^[5] Groundbreaking was in the spring of 1964.^[6] When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building west of Dallas, surpassed by 555 California Street (built as the world headquarters of Bank of America) in 1969. The building was designed, built and dedicated for Wells Fargo Bank, and their IT subsidiary was based there at one time (the bank's headquarters are at 464 California Street).^[7]

44 Montgomery
In 2021
Location within San Francisco
Record height
Preceded by	Hartford Building
Surpassed by	Bank of America Center
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Location	44 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.7898°N 122.4018°W / 37.7898; -122.4018
Construction started	1964
Completed	1967
Management	Seagate Properties
Height
Antenna spire	180.7 m (593 ft)
Roof	172.2 m (565 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	43
Floor area	760,524 sq ft (70,655.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators	18
Design and construction
Architect(s)	John Graham & Company
Main contractor	Dillingham Construction Haas & Haynie
References
[1][2][3][4]

44 Montgomery, as part of the original design anticipating the then-under-construction Bay Area Rapid Transit subway system, contains direct underground access to the Montgomery Street Station.

History

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio purchased the building from AT&T in 1997 for $111 million. In 2017, Beacon Capital purchased it for $473 million.^[8]

Tenants

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Locke Lord
• Alpha Omega Financial Systems
• AppleOne Employment Services
• Armanino LLP
• Invest Northern Ireland
• Northwestern University
• Signature Consultants
• Seagate Properties, Inc.
• Landrum & Brown
• RSM US LLP
• ContractPodAi

See also

• San Francisco Bay Area portal

• List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

References

1. "44 Montgomery". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. "Emporis building ID 118786". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "44 Montgomery". SkyscraperPage.
4. 44 Montgomery at Structurae
5. "[Robert M. Haynie signing a contract for structural steel to be used in a new Wells Fargo Bank building while Fred McPherson and D. R. McCaa look on] | San Francisco Public Library". digitalsf.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
6. "Dancing Stallion". San Francisco Examiner. April 17, 1964. p. 68.
7. Some sources (as well as news reports during construction) list 44 Montgomery as the Wells Fargo world headquarters, but Wells Fargo annual reports going back to 1967 list either 464 California Street or 420 Montgomery Street as the official headquarters for Wells Fargo Bank and Wells, Fargo and Company (after 1969).
8. Andrew Nelson (2021-08-19). "Number 20: 44 Montgomery Street, Financial District, San Francisco". San Francisco YIMBY. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

External links

• 44 Montgomery Street official website