Bay Area Architects: Frederick Meyer

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Frederick Herman Meyer (1876-1961)

Y.M.C.A. Hotel in San Francisco
National Register #86000148
Built 1928
Photographed 12 March 2004
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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.

Name	Year	Address	City	Sort Address	Sort Name
Apartment Building on Octavia Street	1899	1916 Octavia Street	San Francisco	Octavia 1916	Apartment Building on Octavia Street
Apartment Building on Pacific Avenuer	1900	1901 Pacific Avenue	San Francisco	Pacific 1901	Apartment Building on Pacific Avenuer
Apartment Building on Broadway	1901	2474-2478 Broadway	San Francisco	Broadway 2474	Apartment Building on Broadway
Residence on Baker Street	1902	2032-2034 Baker Street	San Francisco	Baker 2032	Residence on Baker Street
Residence on Broadway	1902	2480 Broadway	San Francisco	Broadway 2480	Residence on Broadway
Rialto Building	1902	116 New Montgomery Street	San Francisco	New Montgomery	Rialto Building
Apartment Building on Baker Street	1904	2021-2023 Baker Street	San Francisco	Baker 2021	Apartment Building on Baker Street
Monadnock Building	1906	673-687 Market Street	San Francisco	Market 0673	Monadnock Building
Cadillac Hotel	1907	366-394 Eddy Street	San Francisco	Eddy 0366	Cadillac Hotel
Humboldt Bank Building	1908	785 Market Street	San Francisco	Market 0785	Humboldt Bank Building
Residence on Steiner Street	1909	2756 Steiner Street	San Francisco	Steiner 2756	Residence on Steiner Street
Chismore Apartments	1910	999 Bush Street	San Francisco	Bush 0999	Chismore Apartments
St. Dominic Apartments	1910	980 Bush Street	San Francisco	Bush 0980	St. Dominic Apartments
North End Police Station	1912	2475 Greenwich Street	San Francisco	Greenwich 2475	North End Police Station
Apartment Building on Post Street	1913	775 Post Street	San Francisco	Post 0775	Apartment Building on Post Street
Belgravia Apartments	1913	795 Sutter Street	San Francisco	Sutter 0795	Belgravia Apartments
Apartment Building on Green Street	1914	2195 Green Street	San Francisco	Green 2195	Apartment Building on Green Street
PG&E Substation J	1914	565 Commercial Street	San Francisco	Commercial 0565	PG&E Substation J
Apartment Building on Post Street	1915	956 Post Street	San Francisco	Post 0956	Apartment Building on Post Street
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	1915	99 Grove Street	San Francisco	Grove 099	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
PGE Building	1916	445 Sutter Street	San Francisco	Sutter 0445	PGE Building
Residence	1917	2430 Pacific Avenue	San Francisco	Pacific 2430	Residence
Union Iron Works Main Office	1917	20th and Illinois Streets	San Francisco	Street 20 0100	Union Iron Works Main Office
Union Iron Works Powerhouse	1917	1305 Marina Village Parkway	Alameda	Marina Village 1305	Union Iron Works Powerhouse
Apartment Building on Washington Street	1918	2595 Washington Street	San Francisco	Washington 2595	Apartment Building on Washington Street
Embarcadero YMCA	1924	166 The Embarcadero	San Francisco	Embarcadero 0166	Embarcadero YMCA
Bankers Investment Building	1928	730 Market Street	San Francisco	Market 0730	Bankers Investment Building
Turk Street YMCA	1928	351 Turk Street	San Francisco	Turk 0351	Turk Street YMCA
Coffin-Redington Building	1937	301 Folsom Street	San Francisco	Folsom 0301	Coffin-Redington Building
Beresford Arms Hotel	1910	701 Post Street	San Francisco	Post 0701	Beresford Arms Hotel

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