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District 3 · Block 0312, Lot 006 · ZIP 94108

Union Trust Building

744 Market Street · South of Market

  • 3 stories
  • 44,685 ft2
  • 7,235 ft2 lot area
  • 16 rooms
  • 12 bathrooms
  • Zoned C3R
  • Historic resource
  • City landmark #131
Land$7,838,656
Improvements$3,605,772
Total assessed$11,444,428
Photo of Union Trust Building
Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, cropped, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  1. March 4, 1909

    McGilvray-Raymond granite company contracted for concrete, excavation and granite work on a building for the Union Trust company, at $150,220.

    The San Francisco Call, 4 March 1909, p. 13
  2. January 8, 1910

    The Union Trust Company's banking building: Clinton Day completed the plans for the banking-room interior.

    The San Francisco Call, 8 January 1910, p. 17
  3. December 31, 1910

    The newly finished Union Trust Company Building stood opposite the Savings Union on a corner that before the fire held a one-storey wooden shop.

    The San Francisco Call, 31 December 1910, p. 9
  4. 1917

    Photographed.

  5. 1964

    Photographed, showing the Union Trust Company of San Francisco.

  6. 1981

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 131, Wells Fargo Union Trust Branch.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
  7. Sep 2021
    Withdrawn Permit 202109017628 $$$ $3,000

    Replace 1 wall mounted fixture, install 5 wall mounted fixtures. install conduit and wire to new fixtures.

  8. Dec 2023
    Issued Permit 202312212933 $$$ $2,604

    Sign eo2, erect electric wall sign, chanel letter, "wells fargo".

  9. Dec 2023
    Issued Permit 202312212930 $$$ $2,604

    Sign eo1 erect non electric wall sign, black banner behind chanel letter "wells fargo".

  10. Dec 2023
    Withdrawn Permit 202312212936 $$$ $5,208

    Vinyl lettering on e canopy "wells fargo". replace single sided non illuminated (10) channel vinyl letters on left side of existing awning for "wells fargo" for e05 facing street.

  11. Jun 2024
    Permit 202406204915 $$$ $1,760

    Replace single sided non illunimated (10) vinyl letters on rightside of existing awning for "wells fargo" for e06 facing street.

  12. Jun 2024
    Permit 202406204914 $$$ $1,760

    Replace single sided non illunimated (10) channel vinyl letters on left side of existing awning for "wells fargo" for e05 facing street.

  13. Jun 2024
    Permit 202406204917 $$$ $1,760

    Existing entry canopy fabric replacement in kind. no change to size or structure of canopy. non illuminated facing street.

4 expired or cancelled permits are omitted. The banking-room plans are credited to Clinton Day in January 1910; the building is credited here to Frederick H. Meyer.

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