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.
225 Bush Street | |
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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°47′27″N 122°24′05″W / 37.79086°N 122.40147°W |
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(s) | 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.
Tenants include:[8]