Wednesday, June 9, 2010

130 Montgomery St, San Francisco

130 Montgomery St, San Francisco

This smallish office block at 130 Montgomery St, San Francsico dates from 1930 and was designed by the O'Brien Brothers with Wilbur Peugh.

I like the polygon entrance surrounded by an arrangment of friezes. The element directly above the door is interesting. It could represent a keystone or an open book or both.

130 Montgomery St, San Francisco

Then on either there are these wonderful stylised figures.

130 Montgomery St, San Francisco

130 Montgomery St, San Francisco

Reference: Timothy Pflueger Blog, King Tut-mania lives on in San Francisco, by tpoletti,

2 comments:

  1. Interesting because these same carved figures are also in the lobby of the Channon Building in NYC and the designs were by Rene Chambellain, in fact I made a clay model of the design on the right.
    The design on the right is titled "enlightenment" on the lobby piece and it's one of eight different designs in the lobby.
    The one on the left has it's counterpart there too, a little different but still recognizable.

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    1. Thanks for that RD. I didn't know about that at all.

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