The Pacific Building

The Pacific Building, in San Francisco

The Pacific Building is a historic building with green tones of San Francisco, built just after the 1906 earthquake. The San Francisco audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this building, a witness of the reconstruction of the town after the catastrophe.

The witness of the reconstruction after 1906

On the other side of the street stands the Pacific Building, a building with green tones that deserves to stop to admire it in detail. It was built in 1907, just after the destructions caused by the terrible earthquake and fire of 1906, which ravaged a large part of San Francisco. As such, it testifies to the extraordinary momentum of reconstruction that followed the catastrophe, when the town rose again with remarkable energy. With its careful architecture and its characteristic façades, the Pacific Building is one of the numerous buildings that tell the history and the resilience of the city.

What to see

You admire the building with green tones built in 1907, just after the 1906 earthquake, a witness of the reconstruction momentum of the town, with its careful architecture and its characteristic façades. The Pacific Building tells the resilience of San Francisco. It is a stop for those curious about architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Pacific Building lies in the heart of San Francisco, reachable on foot. You mainly admire its façade from the street; it is a building whose access follows its own uses. You discover it during a walk in the city centre.

When was the Pacific Building built?

In 1907, just after the destructions of the earthquake and fire of 1906; this building with green tones testifies to the reconstruction momentum and the resilience of San Francisco.

Where is the Pacific Building?

In the heart of San Francisco, in the United States.