Mills Building | |
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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″N122°24′05″W / 37.79127°N 122.40129°W Coordinates: 37°47′29″N122°24′05″W / 37.79127°N 122.40129°W |
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 | |
Architectural style | Chicago school |
NRHP reference No. | 77000334 |
SFDL No. | 76 |
Significant dates | |
Designated | 1977 |
Designated SFDL | 1975 [1] |
References | |
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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]
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, was restored by Willis Polk in 1908, who oversaw subsequent additions in 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]
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