August 24, 2019

1101 Green St, Russian Hill


20 floor Art Deco style Bellaire Tower c. 1930

The Jewel of Russian Hill


Designed by Herman Carl Baumann

Baumann had an eclectic style, adding touches of everything from to Spanish Colonial Revival to the Churrigueresque to Zigzag Deco. One of his most famous apartment houses was the Bellaire, at 1101 Green Street, a building that he financed himself during the late 1920s, and would lead to his financial ruin in the 1930s. He invested almost everything he had into the Bellaire, a luxury apartment house, now condominiums, that recalls the Telephone Building with its setbacks and vertical emphasis.

A rich, ornate Spanish lobby


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