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Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings; built works - commercial buildings - stores
Designers: Bliss and Faville, Architects (firm); Mahony Brothers, Building Contractors (firm); Walter Danforth Bliss (architect); William Baker Faville (architect); Jeremiah O. Mahony (building contractor); John J. Mahony (building contractor)
Dates: constructed 1908
11 stories
Building History
The firm of Bliss and Faville designed this standard, tripartite skyscraper in 1908, meaning that it would have been, by code, structurally designed to resist earthquakes. This was done generally using reinforced concrete and steel framing. The top floor of the building featured Italian Romanesque window ornamentation.
Building Notes
The architectural firm Bliss and Fairweather, successor to Bliss and Faville, had its office in the Balboa Building c. 1933.
Demolished;
PCAD id: 18754
