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Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - banks (buildings)
Designers: Percy and Hamilton, Architects (firm); Frederick Foss Hamilton (architect); George Washington Percy (architect)
Dates: [unspecified]
Overview
This building served as the headquarters for Well Fargo and Company's banking and express services divisions. In 1896, Wells Fargo's President, John Joseph Valentine, Sr., (1840-1901) had his office in this building, as did Homer S. King (1841-1919), the Treasurer. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1896, p. 1607.) Valentine served as president from 1892 until his death in 1901. King was a Director of Wells Fargo and Company from 1893-1905.
PCAD id: 20936