Hunter–Dulin Building

Commercial offices in San Francisco, California

37°47′23″N 122°24′09″W / 37.7898°N 122.4025°W / 37.7898; -122.4025Construction started1925Completed1927HeightRoof93.88 m (308.0 ft)Technical detailsFloor count22Floor area285,093 sq ft (26,486.0 m²)Design and constructionArchitect(s)Schultze & Weaver
Garcia/Wagner & AssociatesStructural engineerH. J. Brunnier^[5]

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Arealess than one acreArchitectural styleLate Gothic Revival, French Renaissance RevivalNRHP reference No.97000348 ^[6]Added to NRHPApril 17, 1997 References^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The Hunter–Dulin Building (also known as the California Commercial Wool Building or 111 Sutter Street) is a class A office building located at 111 Sutter Street in San Francisco, California.

Description and history

The 25-story, 94 m (308 ft) tall building was completed in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1997.^[7] The building was totally restored and renovated between 1999 and 2001.^{[citation needed]}

The building served as the West Coast headquarters for the National Broadcasting Company from 1927 to 1942;^[8] the executive offices were located on the 21st floor and the studio offices were located on the 22nd. The 22nd floor was later occupied by peer-to-peer lending firm Prosper Marketplace. ^{[citation needed]}

111 Sutter Street was the fictional location of the "Spade & Archer" detective agency in Dashell Hammett's 1930 book, "The Maltese Falcon". According to Hammett, Sam Spade's office was located on the 5th floor.^{[citation needed]}

As of May 2023, during what the San Francisco Chronicle described as "Downtown San Francisco['s] worst office vacancy crisis on record," 111 Sutter Street had a vacancy rate of 43.9%.^[9]

References

^ "Hunter–Dulin Building". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
^ "Emporis building ID 118888". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Hunter–Dulin Building". SkyscraperPage.
^ Hunter–Dulin Building at Structurae
^ Platt, Bland (November 20, 1996). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (Report). National Park Service. p. 3. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ John F. Schneider (2010). "The NBC Pacific Coast Network: The Hunter–Dulin Building – 1927". Bay Area Radio. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
^ "Hunter-Dulin Building, Financial District, San Francisco, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD).
^ Li, Roland; Devulapalli, Sriharsha (2023-05-08). "Downtown S.F. has 18.4 million square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-06-11.

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