page_title: Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and Annex
hierarchical_section_title: Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and Annex
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: pacificservicema1627paci (find matches) Title: Pacific service magazine Year: 1912 (1910s) Authors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Subjects: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Electric utilities Electrical engineering Public utilities Publisher: San Francisco&#160;: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BYTHE PACIFICGA Text Appearing After Image: Vol16 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANYS GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO&#160;;MnMaiMaMBnanaMHaBa«aBaMaM*taMMaHHHMHnHMBMKii^^ APRIL 1925 No4 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY WALLACE M. ALEXANDERF. B. ANDERSONCHAS. L. BARRETTW. E. CREEDW. H. CROCKER DIRECTORS A. B. C. DOHRMANN JOHN S. DRUM P. T. ELSEY D. H. FOOTE A. F. HOCKENBEAMER FRANK A. LEACH, Jr.KIORMAN B. LIVERMOREJOHN D. McKEEJOHN A. McCANDLESSC. O. G MILLER OFFICERS W. E. CREED President) FRANK A. LEACH, JR First Vice-President and General Managerl A. F. HOCKENBEAMER Second Vice-President and Treasurer) D. H. FOOTE Third Vice-President and Secretary) CHAS. L. BARRETT Assistant Secretary) MANAGEMENT OFF ICERS p. M. DOWNING, Vice-President in Charge of Electrical Construction and Operation A. H. MARKWART, Vice-President in Charge of Engineering W. G. VINCENT, Jr., Vice-President and Executive Engineer W. S. YARD, Vice-President in Charge of Gas Construction and Operation R. E. FISHER, Vice-President in Charge of Public Relation Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and Annex is a historic office building located at 245 Market St. in San Francisco, California. The building was constructed in 1923-25 to serve as the Pacific Gas and Electric Company headquarters. Architects Bakewell & Brown designed the Beaux-Arts building. The seventeen-story building features an arcaded lower section on the first two stories, a plain vertical shaft, and multiple setbacks at the top four stories. The entire exterior is clad in terra cotta, which is also used to decorate the lower and upper sections. The building's design complements the neighboring Matson Building.
  Pacific Gas and Electric began a major expansion period shortly after constructing their headquarters, and they absorbed several other power companies in northern and central California. While business declined during the Great Depression, the company rebounded during World War II, and by 1945 it needed more space in its headquarters. The company built an annex to the building that year; the annex, which is interconnected with the original building, was designed to match the original building's architecture.
context_section_description: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and Annex is a historic office building located at 245 Market St. in San Francisco, California. The building was constructed in 1923-25 to serve as the Pacific Gas and Electric Company headquarters. Architects Bakewell & Brown designed the Beaux-Arts building. The seventeen-story building features an arcaded lower section on the first two stories, a plain vertical shaft, and multiple setbacks at the top four stories. The entire exterior is clad in terra cotta, which is also used to decorate the lower and upper sections. The building's design complements the neighboring Matson Building.
  Pacific Gas and Electric began a major expansion period shortly after constructing their headquarters, and they absorbed several other power companies in northern and central California. While business declined during the Great Depression, the company rebounded during World War II, and by 1945 it needed more space in its headquarters. The company built an annex to the building that year; the annex, which is interconnected with the original building, was designed to match the original building's architecture.
  The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1995.
caption: Pacific Gas and Electric Company's General Office Building, c. 1924-5
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