San Francisco native, Frederick Meyer, who had no formal architectural training, was hired as a draftsman by builders Campbell and Pettus in 1896. In 1898, he went to work for architect Samuel Newsom, who soon promoted him to partner.

In 1902, Meyer entered into a partnership with Smith O'Brien. Their partnership lasted for six years.

Meyer opened his own office in 1908 in the Humboldt Bank Building which he had designed with O'Brien and which had been rebuilt after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire.

Mayor Sunny Jim Rolph appointed Meyer, John Galen Howard and John Reid, Jr., to lay out the plan for building a new Civic Center in conjunction with the rebuilding of City Hall.

Five of Meyer's buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Coffin-Redington Building in SoMa, PG&E Substation J and the Rialto Building in the Financial District, the Y.M.C.A. Hotel in The Tenderloin and the Union Iron Works Powerhouse in Alameda.

Three of Meyer's buildings are San Francisco Landmarks: the Cadillac Hotel in the Tenderloin, the North End Police Station in the Marina and PG&E Substation J in the Financial District.

You can view buildings designed by Meyer in chronological order here, or use a link in the following table to visit a specific property.