San Francisco City Hall
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San Francisco City Hall is a historic Beaux-Arts landmark in the city’s Civic Center, serving as the seat of government and a prominent architectural symbol of San Francisco.
Aliases (13)
- Old San Francisco City Hall ×1
- San Francisco City Hall (administrative jurisdiction) ×1
- San Francisco City Hall Beaux-Arts composition ×1
- San Francisco City Hall Rotunda ×1
- San Francisco City Hall ceremonial spaces ×1
- San Francisco City Hall complex ×1
- San Francisco City Hall council chambers ×1
- San Francisco City Hall grand staircase ×1
- San Francisco City Hall main façade ×1
- San Francisco City Hall monumental dome ×1
- San Francisco City Hall monumental stair hall ×1
- San Francisco City Hall rotunda and dome ×1
- San Francisco City Hall stone façade ×1
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Beaux-Arts building
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city hall → government building → historic building → landmark → |
| adjacentTo |
Civic Center Plaza
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| architect |
Arthur Brown Jr.
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John Bakewell Jr. → |
| architecturalFirm |
Bakewell & Brown
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| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
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Classical Revival → |
| completionDate |
1915
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| constructionStart |
1913
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| coordinates |
37.7793°N 122.4192°W
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| country |
United States
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| domeHeight |
about 307 feet
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about 93 meters → |
| domeType |
ornate ribbed dome
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| floorCount |
4
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| function |
seat of government of the City and County of San Francisco
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| hasBasement |
yes
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| hasDome |
yes
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| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places listing
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U.S. National Historic Landmark → |
| heritageDesignationDate |
1978
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| houses |
Office of the Mayor of San Francisco
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San Francisco Board of Supervisors → San Francisco City Attorney → San Francisco County Clerk → |
| inception |
1915
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| locatedIn |
Civic Center, San Francisco
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San Francisco → |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
California
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San Francisco County → |
| materialUsed |
granite
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sandstone → steel frame → |
| near |
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center → |
| notableFor |
grand ceremonial rotunda
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one of the tallest domes in the United States → prominent Beaux-Arts façade → |
| opened |
December 28, 1915
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| owner |
City and County of San Francisco
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| reasonForReplacement |
destruction of previous city hall in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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| renovation |
seismic retrofit in the 1990s
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| reopenedAfterRenovation |
1999
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| replaced |
Old San Francisco City Hall
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| usedFor |
civil marriage ceremonies
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political demonstrations on surrounding plaza → public events → |