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Mills Building
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Alternative names Mills Building and Tower
220 Bush Street
220 Montgomery Street
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 220 Bush Street
220 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°47′29″N 122°24′05″W / 37.79127°N 122.40129°W / 37.79127; -122.40129
Completed 1892, 1931
Owner The Swig Company
Management The Swig Company
Height
Roof 46.94 m (154.0 ft)
92 m (302 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 10 / 22
Design and construction
Architect Burnham & Root
D.H. Burnham & Company
Willis Polk
George W. Kelham
Lewis Parsons Hobart
Mills Building and Tower
Architectural style Chicago school
NRHP reference No. 77000334
Significant dates
Designated  1977

The Mills Building and Tower is a two-building complex following the Chicago school with Romanesque design elements in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The structures were declared San Francisco Designated Landmark #76, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

History

Mills Building (San Francisco)
Mills Building

The original 10-story, 47 m (154 ft) structure was designed by Burnham and Root/D.H. Burnham & Company completed 1892; and after surviving the 1906 earthquake, was restored by Willis Polk in 1908, who oversaw subsequent additions in 1914 and 1918. Named for early San Francisco financial tycoon, Darius Ogden Mills, it is regarded as the city's second skyscraper, after the Chronicle Building (1890).

Completed in 1932 at 220 Bush Street, Mills Tower is a 22-story, 92 m (302 ft) annex designed by George W. Kelham and Lewis Parsons Hobart.

The Mills Building is home to several major financial firms, including SeatMe, Pocket Gems, New York Stock Exchange, and Newedge.

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