Hallidie Building

The Hallidie Building is an office building in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, at 130 Sutter Street, between Montgomery Street and Kearny Street. Designed by architect Willis Polk and named in honor of San Francisco cable car pioneer Andrew Smith Hallidie, it opened in 1918. Though credited as the first American building to feature glass curtain walls,^[3] it was in fact predated by Louis Curtiss's Boley Clothing Company building in Kansas City, Missouri, completed in 1909.^{[citation needed]}

Hallidie Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
San Francisco Designated Landmark No. 37
The Hallidie Building in 2021
Location	San Francisco, CA
Coordinates	37°47′24.07″N 122°24′12.67″W
Built	1918
Architect	Willis Polk
NRHP reference No.	71000185[1]
SFDL No.	37
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1971
Designated SFDL	1971[2]

The building underwent a two-year restoration, completed in April 2013,^[4] after its sheet metal friezes, cornices, balconies, and fire escapes were deemed unsafe by the City of San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection.^[5]

The San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects opened the Center for Architecture + Design in the street-level retail space, which predates the rest of the building, adding a gallery, lecture hall, and cafe in 2023.^[6][7] The building also houses Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.^{[citation needed]}

It houses the headquarters of Fandom.^[8]

See also

• List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks