44 Montgomery is a 43-story, 172 m (564 ft) office skyscraper in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District.[5] Groundbreaking was in the spring of 1964.[6] When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building west of Dallas, surpassed by 555 California Street (built as the world headquarters of Bank of America) in 1969. The building was designed, built and dedicated for Wells Fargo Bank, and their IT subsidiary was based there at one time (the bank's headquarters are at 464 California Street).[7]
| 44 Montgomery | |
|---|---|
 In 2021 | |
  Location within San Francisco | |
| Record height | |
| Preceded by | Hartford Building |
| Surpassed by | Bank of America Center |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 44 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′23″N 122°24′06″W / 37.7898°N 122.4018°W |
| Construction started | 1964 |
| Completed | 1967 |
| Management | Seagate Properties |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 180.7 m (593 ft) |
| Roof | 172.2 m (565 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 43 |
| Floor area | 760,524 sq ft (70,655.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 18 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Graham & Company |
| Main contractor | |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
44 Montgomery, as part of the original design anticipating the then-under-construction Bay Area Rapid Transit subway system, contains direct underground access to the Montgomery Street Station.
History edit
The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio purchased the building from AT&T in 1997 for $111 million. In 2017, Beacon Capital purchased it for $473 million.[8]
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References edit
- ^ "44 Montgomery". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 118786". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016.
- ^ "44 Montgomery". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ 44 Montgomery at Structurae
- ^ "[Robert M. Haynie signing a contract for structural steel to be used in a new Wells Fargo Bank building while Fred McPherson and D. R. McCaa look on] | San Francisco Public Library". digitalsf.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Dancing Stallion". San Francisco Examiner. April 17, 1964. p. 68.
- ^ Some sources (as well as news reports during construction) list 44 Montgomery as the Wells Fargo world headquarters, but Wells Fargo annual reports going back to 1967 list either 464 California Street or 420 Montgomery Street as the official headquarters for Wells Fargo Bank and Wells, Fargo and Company (after 1969).
- ^ Andrew Nelson (2021-08-19). "Number 20: 44 Montgomery Street, Financial District, San Francisco". San Francisco YIMBY. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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