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Sentinel Building in 1906 After the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Year 1906
 
Sentinel Building, San Francisco
Year 2004
Landmark 33
Sentinel Building
916-920 Kearny at Columbus
Financial District
Built 1907

Political boss Abe Ruef had started construction on the steel-framed Sentinel Building before the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. The frame survived and the building was completed in 1907.

In the enlargement of the 1906 photograph, the northwest corner of the Montgomery Block is visible to the left of the Sentinel Building, and the ruin of the old Hall of Justice is visible to the right.

The Montgomery Block was demolished for construction of the Transamerica Pyramid, shown in the 2004 enlargement. The large, banal building which stands behind the Sentinel Building to the right is the Chinatown Holiday Inn which occupies the Portsmouth Square site of the Hall of Justice.

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