Central Tower (San Francisco, California)

USA / California / San Francisco / San Francisco, California / Market Street, 703
 office building, historical building, commercial building

Location 703 Market Street
San Francisco, California

former Call Building. It was later known as the Spreckels Building.
21 floors, constructed in 1898. Severely damaged in 1906, reconstructed.

- Built of steel and Oregon sandstone the original building was 12 stories and 315 feet and the tallest building west of the Mississippi River for many years.
- The upper floors were set ablaze during the great quake and it burned from the top down; the base at one end moved two feet out into the sidewalk and the elevators refused to work. The shell was used during its reconstruction.
- Radically altered (remodeled) in 1938 by Albert Roller.
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Coordinates:   37°47'13"N   122°24'12"W
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