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Structure Type: built works - public buildings - monuments
Designers: Arthur Brown Jr. (architect); Henry Howard (structural engineer); Michael Victor Pregnoff (structural engineer)
Dates: constructed 1933
Building History
Lillie Hitchcock Coit, (1842-1929), the eccentric wife of a San Francisco financier, endowed the tower as a monument to the city's firefighters. Coit was a habitue of North Beach saloons and gambling parlors, and to gain entry into these male-only spaces, she often dressed in drag.
Building Notes
The structural engineer, Michael Pregnoff, (1900-1996), periodically collaborated with the architect Arthur Brown, Jr., (1874-1957), during his work after 1930. Pregnoff has been credited with structural engineering work on Coit Tower. (See Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, "Michael Pregnoff," accessed 04/24/2020.)
PCAD id: 2384
