Union Bank Building
UNION BANK BUILDING
1977
THIS CORNER WAS ORIGINALLY
THAT PART OF SAN FRANCISCO
ONCE CALLED YERBA BUENA COVE
WHOSE SHORELINE WAS ABOUT
ONE BLOCK FURTHER WEST AT
MONTGOMERY STREET. LANDFILL
OCCURRED IN THE 1850S AND THE
FIRST KNOWN STRUCTURE WAS
THE FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDING
BUILT IN 1869 AND SUBSEQUENTLY
DESTROYED IN THE GREAT FIRE
AND EARTHQUAKE OF 1906. THE
MARBLE FRAME AND WALRUS
HEADS CAR FROM SIERRA
GRANITE ARE FROM THE ALASKA
COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHICH
WAS COMPLETED IN 1908 AND
OCCUPIED THIS SITE UNTIL 1975
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