Golden Era Building
Golden Era Building, formerly known as the Call Building,[2] is a historic commercial building built in 1852 during the California Gold Rush, and located at 732-734 Montgomery Street in the Jackson Square area of San Francisco, California.[3][4]
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| Location | 732-734 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37.796212°N 122.403212°W |
| Built | 1852 |
| Designated | March 9, 1969[1] |
| Reference no. | 19 |
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The Golden Era Building has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since March 9, 1969;[5] and is part of the Jackson Square Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[6]
History
The Golden Era Building was constructed in 1852, built on the foundations of an 1849 structure that had been destroyed in the San Francisco Fire of 1851.[5] The cast iron pillars on the exterior of the building are from a remodel in 1892 and were created locally by the Vulcan Iron Works.[3]
In 1852, on the ground floor the space initially was occupied by Vernon Hall, which was rented out by fraternal societies and theatre troupes.[7] The building gets its name from the 19th-century literary newspaper, The Golden Era, which occupied the second floor of the building from December 1852 until approximately 1854.[3][8]
Other tenants of the building included Thomas Day's gas fixtures store (around 1863);[9][10] and John Monahan and Co., a printing company that did work for the San Francisco Railway and North Pacific Railway (around 1858).[2] The ground floor was later occupied by a crockery shop and a Chinese broom factory.[7][11] The second floor was later occupied by artist studios.[7]
References
- "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks" (PDF). City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- The Inland Printer. Vol. 20. Inland Printer Company. 1898.
- Richards, Rand (2002). Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past. Heritage House Publishers. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-1-879367-03-6.
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide San Francisco & Northern California. Penguin. 2015-10-06. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4654-4953-5.
- "San Francisco Landmark #19: Golden Era Building". noehill.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- "National Register Information System – (#71000186)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- San Francisco in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City by the Bay. Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration. University of California Press. 2011-04-05. p. 514. ISBN 978-0-520-94887-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Wiley, Peter Booth (2000-09-26). National Trust Guide / San Francisco: America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-0-471-19120-9.
- Heritage Western Photography & Early Artifacts Auction #689. Heritage Capital Corporation. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-59967-264-9.
- Rowlandson, Thomas (1861). The Sheep Breeder's Guide. San Francisco, California: J. Q. A. Warren. p. 7.
- "SF Insider: Four Architectural Landmarks on Montgomery Street, San Francisco". SFGate. Retrieved 2022-11-12.