140 New Montgomery
- Architects
- Miller and Pflueger Timothy L. Pflueger James Rupert Miller Alexander Aimwell Cantin
- Year
- 1924
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- San Francisco, CA
- Collection
- s.f. deco
140 New Montgomery Street opened on May 30, 1925, as headquarters for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, designed by Timothy L. Pflueger of Miller and Pflueger. At 26 stories it was San Francisco's first significant skyscraper and its tallest building, a title it held until the Russ Building matched its height in 1927, and it was the first high-rise built south of Market Street as well as the first West Coast high-rise occupied by a single tenant.
the building
Art Deco terracotta tower. The tower's ornate Art Deco terracotta facade marked a shift from the classical styles of earlier San Francisco skyscrapers, and its scale and height announced Pacific Telephone's arrival south of Market Street.
the style
Its Art Deco design, with richly worked terracotta ornament rising up a 26-story shaft, was part of the style's peak moment in American skyscraper design during the mid-1920s.
More on Art Decothe architect
Timothy L. Pflueger, working with the firm Miller and Pflueger alongside James Rupert Miller and Alexander Aimwell Cantin, designed 140 New Montgomery as one of San Francisco's defining Art Deco towers.
significance
The building remained among San Francisco's tallest until 650 California Street surpassed it in 1964. AT&T sold the building in 2007; Yelp later became its main tenant before moving out in 2021 amid the shift to remote work.
nearby
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- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences
- Contemporary Jewish Museum
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