Bellaire tower

The Bellaire Tower, in San Francisco

The Bellaire Tower is an elegant white Art Deco tower of Russian Hill, nicknamed the Jewel. The San Francisco audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this emblematic building, a witness of the residential architecture of the 1930s.

The Jewel of Russian Hill

At the corner of a street of Russian Hill stands an elegant white tower of about twenty storeys: the Bellaire Tower. Built in the 1930s in an Art Deco style, this refined residential building is nicknamed the Jewel, because of its slender silhouette and its dazzling whiteness. Dominating the district, it offers its occupants superb views over the bay and the city. A witness of the architectural elegance of the era, the Bellaire Tower is one of the emblematic buildings of the heights of San Francisco.

What to see

You admire the elegant white Art Deco tower of about twenty storeys, with a slender silhouette, nicknamed the Jewel, on the heights of Russian Hill. The Bellaire Tower is one of the emblematic buildings of San Francisco. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Bellaire Tower lies at the corner of a street of Russian Hill, in San Francisco, reachable on foot. You mainly admire its silhouette from the street; it is a private residential building. You discover it during a walk in the district of the heights.

Why is the Bellaire Tower nicknamed the Jewel?

Because of its slender silhouette and its dazzling whiteness; this elegant Art Deco tower of the 1930s dominates the Russian Hill district.

Where is the Bellaire Tower?

At the corner of a street of Russian Hill, in San Francisco, in California.