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

California Historical Landmark #876: Site of the City of Paris Building
City of Paris in 1898

The highrise building is the Call Building, which
also survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire and
still stands on Market Street.


California Historical Landmark #876: Site of the City of Paris Building
City of Paris Reopens After the 1906 Earthquake
and Fire

California Historical Landmark #876: Site of the City of Paris Building
City of Paris in 1979

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City of Paris Building

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 City of Paris, was listed on the national Register of Historic Places four years before it was demolished and replaced by a Neiman Marcus store designed by Philip Johnson.

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.

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