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The Humboldt Bank Building
Since 1908
The Humboldt Bank Building is a 19-floor Beaux-Arts office building at 785 Market Street and Fourth Street in San Francisco, California. It was created by the Humboldt Savings Bank, with construction beginning in 1905, derailed with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and then constructed again from 1907 to 1908. The architects were Frederick Herman Meyer and Micheal Smith O'Brien.
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Meyer also forwent water towers, which shook loose oftentimes in an earthquake, in favor of pneumatic pumps and hoses from a water tank in the basement, keeping the structure safe in case of a fire.
They often worked as fire-fueling air columns in the case of a fire.
It was created by the Humboldt Savings Bank, with construction beginning in 1905, derailed with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and then constructed again from 1907 to 1908.
The architect of the building, Fredrick Herman Meyer, constructed a new building in the Beaux-Arts style to mimic the then-called Call Tower.
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