Old Federal Reserve Bank Building San Francisco 5 Editorial Image

When the Federal Reserve Bank cane to San Francisco in 1914, there was as yet no home building for it, so it was leasing space from another bank. In 1918, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco was finally able to move into its own space occupying it for nearly six decades, after which it moved out for an even larger space.This most beautiful building is now offices on the upper floor, with the downstairs part being available for renting. This is one of only thirteen buildings in the world to be specially recognized for total energy efficiency.When San Francisco was growing during the Gold Rush days, abandoned ships were intensionally sunk, to serve as landfill for new land. Two such ships are still under this building.