« Home | April 18, 1906 - Homeless / Refugees » | April 17, 1906 »
Building Damage
The Devastated Area of San Francisco – Bird’s eye view of the portion destroyed by earthquake and fire
Random devistated street
San Francisco City Hall after the 1906 Earthquake.
San Francisco City Hall. Photo from the corner of Ninth and Market.
Howard Street near 17th Street in San Francisco.
This photograph shows the wreckage of the Emporium Building on the left, and the James Flood Building at Market and Powell streets.
Three surviving structures in the Financial District can be seen in this dramatic photo. At far left is the Kohl Building on Montgomery Street, the Merchants’ Exchange Building on California and, in the center of the picture, the Mills Building on Montgomery.
Another view of the Third and Market Street area, this time taken from about Third and Folsom. The building on the left still stands at Third and Mission streets. The back of the wrecked Palace Hotel is at the far right.
Destruction Around Union Square: The tall steel skeleton just left of center is the Whittell Building under construction at the time of the earthquake, later finished, and still standing on Geary Street. The smaller Spring Valley Water Co. Building, just to its right, housed the City of Paris department store on the first two floors, and also survived, but was demolished in the 1980s and replaced by a Texas chain store. The Butler Building at right, under construction at the time of the earthquake, has a most interesting history. Its walls peeled away during the earthquake and killed several people in buildings adjoining the structure on Stockton and on Geary Street. The Butler Building later became I. Magnin’s, and its windows shattered during the 1989 earthquake. Several people on the street were injured by falling glass. The Butler Building is now part of Macy’s.
Stanford University damage (Palo Alto is almost 40 miles away from San Francisco.)
