450 Sutter Street
450 Sutter | |
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Location within San Francisco | |
Alternative names | 450 Sutter Medical Building Medical-Dental Office Building |
General information | |
Type | Commercial offices |
Architectural style | Art Deco/ Art Moderne |
Location | 450 Sutter Street San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°47′22″N 122°24′28″W / 37.7895°N 122.4077°WCoordinates: 37°47′22″N 122°24′28″W / 37.7895°N 122.4077°W |
Completed | October 15, 1929 |
Height | |
Roof | 105 m (344 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 26 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Miller and Pflueger |
Four Fifty Sutter Building | |
Architectural style | Art deco |
NRHP reference No. | 09001118 |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 2009 |
References | |
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450 Sutter is a twenty-six-floor, 105-meter (344-foot) skyscraper in San Francisco, California, completed in 1929. The tower is known for its "Neo-Mayan" Art Deco design by architect Timothy L. Pflueger.[4] The building's vertically faceted exterior later influenced Pietro Belluschi in his similarly faceted exterior of 555 California, the former Bank of America Center completed in 1969.[5]
The building's tenants are largely dental and medical professional offices.
History[]
In the 1960s, endocrinologist and sexologist Harry Benjamin, known for his pioneering clinical work with transgender people, opened a summer practice in the building, with many of his patients coming from the nearby Tenderloin neighbourhood.[6][7]
In popular culture[]
In the director's commentary of influential point-and-click adventure game "Grim Fandango," game designer Tim Schafer credits the building as a major aesthetic influence. Schafer said he became familiar with 450 Sutter because his dentist's office was located on one of the upper floors, and that he had modeled the Department of Death, one of the game's most important locations, on the building.
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ 450 Sutter Street at Emporis
- ^ "450 Sutter Street". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ 450 Sutter Street at Structurae
- ^ Starr, Kevin (1996). Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510080-8. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ^ "20th Century Architecture: Former Bank of America World Headquarters". Vernacular Language North. 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ^ Kane, Peter Lawrence (2015-07-22). "The Tenderloin Museum Has Ceiling Lights in the Shape of the Tenderloin". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
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External links[]
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- Official website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-2226, "Medical-Dental Building", 9 photos, 1 photo caption page
- Art Deco architecture in California
- Skyscraper office buildings in San Francisco
- Office buildings completed in 1929
- Mayan Revival architecture
- Nob Hill, San Francisco
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Historic American Buildings Survey in California
- National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco
- 1929 establishments in California