California Historical Landmarks in San Francisco
California Historical Landmark 876
City of Paris Building
Intersection of Geary and Stockton Streets
Built 1896
Repaired 1909
Demolished 1981
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The highrise building is the Call Building, which
also survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire and
still stands on Market Street.
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and Fire
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It was 1850 when the Verdier brothers, immigrants from France, opened a store aboard the ship La Ville de Paris to serve the Argonauts passing through San Francisco's harbor. In 1896 the business, which stayed in the family for over a century and a quarter, moved into a new building designed by architect Clinton Day, damaged by the 1906 earthquake, its interior was reconstructed by architects John Bakewell and Arthur J. Brown. The old City of Paris building was one of the finest examples of the beaux-arts style of commercial building in California.
Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation
The site has no commemorative plaque. Here's a list of other California Historical Landmarks which had no bear flag plaque when we visited them.