Landmark 15
Ghirardelli Building
415-431 Jackson Street
Financial District
Built 1853
In 1853, Domingo Ghirardelli opened a chocolate factory on the first floor of this Italianate
building. He resided with his family on the second floor, an arrangement typical
for San Francisco businessmen of this period when no stigma was attached to living above the family business.
As his company thrived, Signor Ghirardelli constructed a second building nextdoor at
407 Jackson in 1860.
In 1894, he moved his business to a large waterfront factory which today bears his name and
sells his products. (See San Francisco Landmark 30, Ghirardelli Square.)
The Ghirardelli Building is in the
Jackson Square Historic District.
Other individually designated landmarks in this historic district are:
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