ID: 700008350 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008350	Record Type: Built Work

Merchants Exchange Building (commercial building; D. H. Burnham and Company (American architectural firm, acti...; 1904)

Note: In 1918, Warren Olney, an influential lawyer, Mayor of Oakland (1903-1905), and co-founder of the Sierra Club, made his offices in the building.

Titles:

Merchants Exchange Building (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

commercial building [300005147] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1904

Creator Display:

D. H. Burnham and Company (American architectural firm, active 1891-1912) [preferred,VP]

architectural firm D. H. Burnham and Company (American architectural firm, active 1891-1912) [500207759]

architect Burnham, Daniel Hudson (American architect and city planner, 1846-1912) Extent: design [500019474]

architect Polk, Willis Jefferson (American architect, 1867-1924) Extent: design [500026389]

Locations:

San Francisco [7014456] San Francisco county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 465 California Street, San Francisco, California

Display Materials: steel-frame structure with Tennessee granite and brick sheathing

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	steel frame construction [300015341]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	granite (rock) [300011183]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, acid igneous rock)

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	sheathing [300014900]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials)

Dimensions: 15 floors, 195 ft (69 m)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Beaux-Arts (style) [300021433] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European architecture styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	commercial building [300005147]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Merchants Exchange Building	........ [VP]
	........ EMPORIS [online] (2000-2014) accessed 19 February 2014
	........ Pacific Coast Architecture Database [online] (2005-2014) accessed 19 February 2014

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... EMPORIS [online] (2000-2014) accessed 19 February 2014

....................... Merchants Exchange Building [online] (2014) accessed 19 February 2014

....................... Pacific Coast Architecture Database [online] (2005-2014) accessed 19 February 2014

....................... Vernacular Language North [online] (2014-) accessed 19 February 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Pacific Coast Architecture Database [online] (2005-2014) accessed 19 February 2014
	..... EMPORIS [online] (2000-2014) accessed 19 February 2014