Folger Coffee Company Building

Historic office building in San Francisco, USA

United States historic place

Location101 Howard St.,
San Francisco, California

Coordinates37°47′27.35″N 122°23′33.11″W / 37.7909306°N 122.3925306°W / 37.7909306; -122.3925306

Arealess than one acre

Built1904


Folger Coffee Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The building in 2023
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Location	101 Howard St., San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′27.35″N 122°23′33.11″W / 37.7909306°N 122.3925306°W / 37.7909306; -122.3925306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904
Architect	Schulze, Henry A.
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	96000679^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1996

The Folger Coffee Company Building is a historic mid-rise office building located at 101 Howard Street in the Financial District, San Francisco.^[2]

The five-story plus basement, Renaissance Revival style building was built in 1904 as the headquarters of J. A. Folger & Company, and remained the main offices of the company until 1963 when Folger's Coffee was purchased by Procter & Gamble. As described by its NRHP designation, it is, “unusual and noteworthy in that the building survived both of the major San Francisco earthquakes in 1906 and 1989.” One reason for this is that it was, “constructed on wooden pilings that were driven into San Francisco Bay fill to a depth of about forty feet, with a steam driven pile driver.”^[clarify]

On August 2, 2011, The Folger Building was purchased by the University of San Francisco, for almost $37 million.^[3] This marked the return of the university's downtown roots.^[4] It has no LEED certification, as is typical of buildings from its time, and has 83,500 square feet of rentable office space.^[5]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1996.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), San Francisco County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. May 25, 2007. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010.
↑ "National Register #96000679: Folger Coffee Company in San Francisco, California". noehill.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
↑ "University Of San Francisco Buys Historic Folger Building". August 5, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
↑ "University of San Francisco (USF) -". Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
↑ "101 Howard St, San Francisco | 42Floors". 42floors.com. Retrieved August 16, 2017.

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