Inside the Hunter-Dulin Building - 111 Sutter Street, San Francisco
1926, Schultze and Weaver
"...combination of the Romanesque and Chateauesque Revival styles..." Woodbridge et al, San Francisco Architecture Illustrated Guide
NBC West coast HQ, 1927-1943.
22 floors; Renovated 1999-2001
Built on the site of the old Lick Hotel.
from www.verlang.com/sfbay0004ref_20thc_010.html#111_sutter
"...a tripartite French Renaissance Revival structure clad with sand-colored Granitex on its primary façades and brick on the others. The shaft rises to an elaborate gabled mansard roof of terra-cotta tile with copper-coated cresting. The ornamentation is particularly elaborate, with flower and bird designs, medallions representing the four seasons, and the heads of men facing each other in some of the window alcoves." (Peter Booth Wiley www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471191205/vernacularlangua)
"The three part vertical composition was detailed in what, by 1926, was considered a rather backward looking stylistic mix of Romanesque and French Chateau ornamentation. Nevertheless, it is an extremely fine version and this city's only example of the type. The base and main office shaft, clad in a particularly fine glazed terra cotta, is designed in a rather attenuated version of the Romanesque. Above this is a set-back continuation of the shaft crowned by a high, red, dormered mansard roof with copper cresting. It is this roof which is one of the richest features on the city's skyline. The giant ground level entrance arch leads into a richly detailed elevator lobby.
"The steel frame was built on a reinforced concrete sheet piling system designed by the prominent local engineer, H. J. Brunnier. The foundation was laid by continuously pouring concrete for 44 hours, the object of which was to speed up construction by eliminating joints and delays between pours." (Michael R. Corbett www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0893950319/vernacularlangua)
Inside the Hunter-Dulin Building - 111 Sutter Street, San Francisco
1926, Schultze and Weaver
"...combination of the Romanesque and Chateauesque Revival styles..." Woodbridge et al, San Francisco Architecture Illustrated Guide
NBC West coast HQ, 1927-1943.
22 floors; Renovated 1999-2001
Built on the site of the old Lick Hotel.
from www.verlang.com/sfbay0004ref_20thc_010.html#111_sutter
"...a tripartite French Renaissance Revival structure clad with sand-colored Granitex on its primary façades and brick on the others. The shaft rises to an elaborate gabled mansard roof of terra-cotta tile with copper-coated cresting. The ornamentation is particularly elaborate, with flower and bird designs, medallions representing the four seasons, and the heads of men facing each other in some of the window alcoves." (Peter Booth Wiley www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471191205/vernacularlangua)
"The three part vertical composition was detailed in what, by 1926, was considered a rather backward looking stylistic mix of Romanesque and French Chateau ornamentation. Nevertheless, it is an extremely fine version and this city's only example of the type. The base and main office shaft, clad in a particularly fine glazed terra cotta, is designed in a rather attenuated version of the Romanesque. Above this is a set-back continuation of the shaft crowned by a high, red, dormered mansard roof with copper cresting. It is this roof which is one of the richest features on the city's skyline. The giant ground level entrance arch leads into a richly detailed elevator lobby.
"The steel frame was built on a reinforced concrete sheet piling system designed by the prominent local engineer, H. J. Brunnier. The foundation was laid by continuously pouring concrete for 44 hours, the object of which was to speed up construction by eliminating joints and delays between pours." (Michael R. Corbett www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0893950319/vernacularlangua)