Flatiron Building - San Francisco, CA - Lincoln Highway on Waymarking.com

Using this map (visit link) I searched where the Lincoln Highway went and if I was fortunate enough during my holiday in the USA to be anywhere near the Lincoln Highway. I was "lucky" as the Flatiron Building in San Francisco is on the original Lincoln Highway route. The Flatiron building has been and still is one of the San Francisco's most famous landmarks.

"San Francisco Landmark #155
Flatiron Building
540-548 Market Street At Sutter
Built 1913
The Flatiron Building, designed by Havens & Toepke, is one of the few, and most distinctive flatirons on Market Street. Flatirons were common north of Market both before and after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, but the destruction of such outstanding structures as the 1892 Crocker Building at Post and Market for high-rises and plazas has made the form rare.

The skeletal structure of the building is well-adapted to an unusual (for San Francisco) Gothic treatment in which tripartite bays are separated by thin piers of reinforced concrete scored to imitate masonry. A highly distinctive cantilevered cornice of Gothic pendants appears to be a prototype for Willis Polk's 1917 Hallidie Building one block west. Described in 1913 as "pure English Gothic," the medieval ornament also is used for interior railings, grilles, and elevator doors.

The Flatiron Building (backed by the Hobart Building) is made all the more prominent by adjacent Zellerbach Plaza while its northern frontage defines the ends of both Sutter and Sansome Streets. It contributes stronglY to a richly textured and detailed historic enclave around the northern and western sides of Zellerbach Plaza."
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Americana: Statues/Monuments Significant Interest: Other Icon Web Site Address: [Web Link] Address of Icon: 540-548 Market Street At Sutter San Francisco, CA USA

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