Graceful Brick Building
CONSTRUCTED IN 1858,
THIS GRACEFUL BRICK BUILDING
PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN THE FINANCIAL AND
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT
OF FRONTIER SAN FRANCISCO.
FROM HIS OFFICES IN THIS BUILDING,
WILLIAM M. LENT, PRESIDENT OF
THE SAVAGE MINING COMPANY,
ORGANIZED THE FINANCING
OF THE COMSTOCK LODE.
THE WEALTH CREATED BY THE
SUCCESSFUL MINING OF THE COMSTOCK
PROVIDED CAPITAL FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST
IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING
THE CIVIL WAR.