Banks and business blocks in San Francisco
This tour visits the commercial core, with banks, business blocks, stores and exchange buildings. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1905 to 1934. 10 stops, 2.0 miles end to end. Of the stops, 2 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Federal Office Building50 United Nations PlazaBuilding · built 1934start
- 2U.S. Post Office and CourthouseNHLNE corner of 7th and Mission Sts.Building · built 1905 · listed 19710.3 mi from stop 1
- 3Hale Brothers Department Store901 Market St.Building · listed 19860.3 mi from stop 2
- 4Hale Brothers Department Store (Boundary Increase)36 Fifth St., 423-27 and 429 Stevenson St.Building · listed 2001same block from stop 3
- 5Building at 735 Market Street735 Market St.Building · listed 20040.3 mi from stop 4
- 6Mutual Savings Bank Building700 Market St.Building · listed 20140.2 mi from stop 5
- 7Bank of ItalyNHL552 Montgomery St.Building · listed 19780.4 mi from stop 6
- 8Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco400 Sansome St.Building · built 1924 · listed 19890.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and Annex245 Market St.Building · listed 19950.3 mi from stop 8
- 10Ferry Station Post Office BuildingEmbarcadero at Mission St.Building · listed 19780.3 mi from stop 9
2.0 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
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