Central Tower is a 91 m (299 ft) 21-story office building at Market and Third Streets in San Francisco , California . The building has undergone numerous renovations since its completion in 1898 as the Call Building . It was later known as the Spreckels Building .
6-690: Central Tower may refer to: Central Tower (San Francisco) , formerly the Call Building, in San Francisco Central Tower (Mongolia) , a skyscraper in Ulan Bator Central Tower (Warsaw) , a skyscraper in Warsaw, Poland, formerly known as ORCO Tower Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-619: The San Francisco Chronicle , built San Francisco's first skyscraper, the 218-foot (66 m) Chronicle Building , to house his newspaper. In response, John D. Spreckels and his father Claus Spreckels purchased the San Francisco Call in 1895 and commissioned a tower of their own that would dwarf the Chronicle Building. In September 1895, The Call wrote: The San Francisco Call is to have
18-492: The finest building ever erected for a newspaper office. It is to be built on the corner of Market and Third streets, of granite and white marble, and will be fifteen stories — 310 feet high, the highest building this side of Chicago. Unlike the Chronicle building it will be a beautiful building and a credit to its owner, Claus Spreckels, and worthy of the great paper to be printed within its walls. A light granite will be used for
24-455: The first three stories, but above the third story white marble will be used. The main entrance or rotunda will be finished in some polished California marble, the very choicest obtainable, and the floor will be mosaic. The building eventually stood 315 feet (96 m) tall with an ornate baroque dome —which housed the offices of Reid & Reid , the building's architects —and four corner cupolas when construction finished in 1898. It
30-509: The title Central Tower . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Tower&oldid=932752233 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Central Tower (San Francisco) In 1890, M. H. de Young , owner of
36-568: Was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River for many years. The structure was badly burned and damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , although the building did not collapse. After the fire, The Call reopened its offices at a new location, The Montgomery , and the former Call Building became known as the Spreckels Building. In 1938 Albert Roller completely refurbished Central Tower. The building's height
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