{"nrhp_refnum":"10001108","name":"Rialto Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"116 New Montgomery St","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.787042291000034,"lon":-122.40030831799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story commercial office building at 116 New Montgomery Street, at Mission Street in San Francisco's Financial District, first constructed in 1902 and reconstructed in 1910. It was designed by Meyer & O'Brien and rebuilt by Bliss & Faville.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for Community Planning and Development, as a symbol of rebuilding San Francisco's Financial District after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. It is also significant under Criterion C for its H-shaped plan with light courts and its tripartite base, shaft and capital composition, typical of the turn-of-the-century building boom.","narrative":"Rialto Building is an eight-story office building at the corner of New Montgomery and Mission Streets, just south of Market Street in San Francisco. Meyer & O'Brien designed it in 1902 with an H-shaped plan, light courts and a steel frame clad in brick and terra cotta. The 1906 earthquake and fire left the exterior shell standing but gutted the interior and destroyed the windows. In 1910 the architects Bliss & Faville rebuilt it for owner Dr. Hartland Law, replacing bent steel columns, fireproofing with cement and keeping the original exterior. City officials encouraged the project because of its prominent corner in the newly expanded Financial District, and it was praised as a sign of renewed confidence in San Francisco. The building is listed for its role in the district's reconstruction and as an example of turn-of-the-century commercial architecture, with a rusticated base, brick shaft and ornate terra cotta top floor. Later changes were mostly structural or restorative.","period_of_significance":"1902-1910","architect_builder":"Meyer & O'Brien; Bliss & Faville","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Renaissance Revival (American Commercial style with Renaissance Revival details)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and still functioning as a commercial office building, with ground-floor commercial uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.633251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10001108.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001108/29cdd333b8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001108/29cdd333b8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rialto_Building,_116_New_Montgomery_St.,_San_Francisco,_CA_2-4-2012_3-23-24_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rialto_Building,_116_New_Montgomery_St.,_San_Francisco,_CA_2-4-2012_3-23-24_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861265","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130340558"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/rialto-building-10001108/"}