Timeline of Tallest Buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in San Francisco as well as the current titleholder, the Transamerica Pyramid.
| Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height |
Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Building | 220 Bush Street | 1892-1898 | 154 (47) | 10 | |
| Central Tower | 703 Market Street | 1898-1915 | 299 (91) | 21 | |
| San Francisco City Hall | 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place | 1915–1922 | 308 (94) | 4 | |
| Commercial Union Assurance Building | 315 Montgomery Street | 1921–1922 | 308 (94) | 16 | |
| 225 Bush Street | 225 Bush Street | 1922–1925 | 328 (100) | 22 | |
| PacBell Building | 140 New Montgomery | 1925–1965 | 435 (133) | 26 | |
| Russ Building | 235 Montgomery Street | 1927–1965 | 435 (133) | 31 | |
| Hartford Building | 650 California Street | 1965–1967 | 466 (142) | 33 | |
| 44 Montgomery Street | 44 Montgomery Street | 1967–1969 | 565 (172) | 43 | |
| Bank of America Center | 555 California Street | 1969–1972 | 779 (237) | 52 | |
| Transamerica Pyramid | 600 Montgomery Street | 1972–present | 853 (260) | 48 |
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