Shell Building (1929)

Here is one of the great Art Deco skyscrapers of the late 1920's. Though shell motifs adorn the entrance grille, the other oranment is abstract. The detailing is a fine as the crown as the entryway. As in Kelham's Russ Building, the terra-cotta cladding has an appealing rippling texture.

100 Bush Street
George W. Kelham, Architect

Pacific Coast Stock Exchange (1929)

This was built in 1915 as the U.S. Subtreasury Building, which moved here from 608 Commercial. When Miller and Pflueger reworked it for the Stock Exchange in 1930, they kept the Doric colonade but slightly raised the height of the corners where the fine sculptural groups by Ralph Stackpole are standing. The adjoining Art Deco-style Stock Exchange Club (now the City Club) on Sansome Street was an addition. Its lobby of red and green Italian marbles is spectacular, and the clubrooms contain artwork by Diego Rivera, Robert Boardman Howard, and Michael Goodman.

301 Pine Street and 155 Sansome Street

Miller and Pflueger, architects