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Royal Insurance Building (San Francisco)

Royal Insurance Building (San Francisco)

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The Royal Insurance Building is a former office building located at 201 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California, and now converted to condominiums.

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It is a San Francisco Designated Landmark (#160), built in 1907 to designs by architects Howells & Stokes. Its facade and marble entryway sculpture appears to be very similar to that of the former Royal Insurance Building at William Street and Maiden Lane in New York City, designed by the same architect. The sculpture is apparently by Rochette and Parzini. It is crowned by a clock, supported by the lion and unicorn, with English roses and Scottish thistles, and the motto "Tutum te sistam". Two cartouches contain the Liver bird to the left, representing Liverpool, and a cross and dagger to the right.

Howells & Stokes, who were located in New York City, sent Seattle architect Abraham H. Albertson as their representative to supervise the construction.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  2. [2]
    Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl (May 1, 2017). Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects, Second Edition. University of Washington Press. pp. 198–200. ISBN 978-0-295-80689-1. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

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