Hunter–Dulin Building

The Hunter–Dulin Building (also known as the California Commercial Wool Building or 111 Sutter Street) is a class A office building located at 111 Sutter Street in San Francisco, California.

Hunter–Dulin Building
from Market Street (2021)
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	111 Sutter St., San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.7898°N 122.4025°W / 37.7898; -122.4025
Construction started	1925
Completed	1927
Height
Roof	93.88 m (308.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Floor area	285,093 sq ft (26,486.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Schultze & Weaver Garcia/Wagner & Associates
Structural engineer	H. J. Brunnier[1]
Hunter–Dulin Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, French Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	97000348 [2]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1997
References
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Description and history

The 25-story, 94 m (308 ft) tall building was completed in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1997.^[7] The building was totally restored and renovated between 1999 and 2001.^{[citation needed]}

The building served as the West Coast headquarters for the National Broadcasting Company from 1927 to 1942;^[8] the executive offices were located on the 21st floor and the studio offices were located on the 22nd. The 22nd floor was later occupied by peer-to-peer lending firm Prosper Marketplace. ^{[citation needed]}

111 Sutter Street was the fictional location of the "Spade & Archer" detective agency in Dashiell Hammett's 1930 book, "The Maltese Falcon". According to Hammett, Sam Spade's office was located on the 5th floor.^{[citation needed]}

As of May 2023, during what the San Francisco Chronicle described as "Downtown San Francisco['s] worst office vacancy crisis on record," 111 Sutter Street had a vacancy rate of 43.9%.^[9]