Hallidie Building


  • Address: 130 Sutter St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Hallidie Building is a steel-frame structure with glass facade and masonry side walls, having eight stories with high ceilings typical of loft Buildings. The street elevation is internationally significant in its anticipation of the glass curtain wall, one of the first clear expressions of such. The frame has cantilevered floors so there are no columns at the facade, the curtain wall being supported by four columns placed behind the glass front.

The entire front is beautifully subdivided into glass panels which are balanced against fret-like cornices and stair balconies. The iron lacework cornices (at the second, third and eighth floors( join ornate balconies at the extremities masking fire escapes on each floor, and the whole is surmounted by a similarly detailed primary cornice. The intricate lacy iron ornamentation thus provided is Victorian Gothic in style and appears to be integral to the overall design despite the modernity of the basic concept. - NRHP


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1916/00/00 UC Berkeley Owner Willis Polk receives a commission to design an office building as an investment for the University of California. The concrete street-level retail space, which predates the rest of the building.
1918/00/00 Willis J Polk Architect Erected in 6 months for less than $250,000, Hallidie Building is dedicated to Andrew Smith Hallidie, an early Regent of the University of California who is notable as the inventor of the cable car. Birth of Modern Architecture

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Particulars for Hallidie Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Building Attribute Glass Curtain Wall
Building attibute Iron and Glass
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 19th November 1971

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Hallidie Building
Registry Address: 130 Sutter St.
Registry Number: 71000185
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Polk,Willis
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1918
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function:

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