Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and Annex

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building features a facade of white terra cotta that holds its own against the gray stone of the financial district. Built in nineteen twenty-five, it served as the headquarters for the utility giant during the city’s rapid post-earthquake expansion. Architect Arthur Brown Junior designed the structure to project stability. When the company moved its headquarters to a new skyscraper in the nineteen seventies, the building remained as a tangible memory of their decades of dominance.