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Building History

As noted in LeCount and Strong's San Francisco City Directory for the Year 1854, construction on Argenti's Building began in 07/1850 and finished by 09/1850. F. Argenti, a banker, paid $50,000 to erect his office and store building, including the cost of land. It stood on the west side of Montgomery Street, near the corner of that thoroughfare and Commercial Street. It possessed 26 feet of street frontage on Montgomery and receded to a depth of 50 feet behind it. The building had four stories and a basement. (See LeCount and Strong's San Francisco City Directory for the Year 1854, p. 180.) Each floor contained roughly 1,300 square feet of space.

Attorneys favored leasing space in Argenti's Building in 1854. At that time, Barrett and Sherwood, Watchmakers and Jewellers, occupied the first-floor storefront. F. Argenti and Company, Bankers, occupied office space in back of the second floor. The Argenti Building's second floor front room was shared by Joseph Simpson, a lawyer, and O.C. Osborne, a stock broker and real estate dealer. On the third floor four attorneys had their offices in front--John A. Lent, S.A. Sheppard, J.H. McKibben and W.M. Zabriskie and three other lawyers occupied the rear office--Thomas C. Hambly, F.H. Wells and J. Reynolds. The front room of the fourth floor accommodated A. Welch a purser with the US Navy and the rear room was occupied by E. Berri, occupation unknown.

PCAD id: 25842