Golden Era Building
1852 historic building in San Francisco
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Golden Era Building, formerly known as the Call Building,[2] is a historic commercial building built in 1852 during the California Gold Rush, and located at 732-734 Montgomery Street in the Jackson Square area of San Francisco, California.[3][4]
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| Location | 732-734 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37.796212°N 122.403212°W |
| Built | 1852 |
| Designated | March 9, 1969[1] |
| Reference no. | 19 |
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The Golden Era Building has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since March 9, 1969;[5] and is part of the Jackson Square Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[6]
History
The Golden Era Building was constructed in 1852, built on the foundations of an 1849 structure that had been destroyed in the San Francisco Fire of 1851.[5] The cast iron pillars on the exterior of the building are from a remodel in 1892 and were created locally by the Vulcan Iron Works.[3]
In 1852, on the ground floor the space initially was occupied by Vernon Hall, which was rented out by fraternal societies and theatre troupes.[7] The building gets its name from the 19th-century literary newspaper, The Golden Era, which occupied the second floor of the building from December 1852 until approximately 1854.[3][8]
Other tenants of the building included Thomas Day's gas fixtures store (around 1863);[9][10] and John Monahan and Co., a printing company that did work for the San Francisco Railway and North Pacific Railway (around 1858).[2] The ground floor was later occupied by a crockery shop and a Chinese broom factory.[7][11] The second floor was later occupied by artist studios.[7]