225 Bush Street

225 Bush Street, originally known as the Standard Oil Building, is a 328-foot (100 m), 25-floor office building in the financial district of San Francisco. The building includes 21 floors of office space, 1 floor of retail, 1 storage floor and 2 basement levels including the garage. It was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1922 until 1925.

FormernamesStandard Oil Building

PrecededbyCall Building

SurpassedbyPacific Telephone Building

TypeCommercial offices

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225 Bush Street
In 2021
Location within San Francisco
Former names	Standard Oil Building
Record height
Preceded by	Call Building
Surpassed by	Pacific Telephone Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	225 Bush Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.79086°N 122.40147°W / 37.79086; -122.40147
Completed	1922
Owner	Kylli Inc. Flynn Properties, Inc.
Height
Roof	328 ft (100 m)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Floor area	559,723 sq ft (52,000.0 m2)[1]
Design and construction
Architect	George W. Kelham
Main contractor	Dinwiddie Construction Company
References
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It contains approximately 560,000 sq ft (52,000 m²) of rentable space. It is a historic building, serving as the headquarters for Standard Oil of California, now Chevron, for over half a century. Architect George W. Kelham designed the Standard Oil Building for John D. Rockefeller and modeled it on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building.^[7] Composed of two buildings, the old wing was built in the 1920s. The new wing was built in the 1950s.