introducing the Beaux-Arts architectural style to San Francisco, California
James Flood Building, San Francisco
Albert Pissis (1852–1914) was a prolific Mexican-born American architect, of French and Mexican descent. He was active in San Francisco and had studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. He is credited with introducing the Beaux-Arts architectural style to San Francisco, California, designing a number of important buildings in the city in the years before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.[1]
^"Albert Pissis". San Francisco Architectural Heritage. 2009.
Francisco earthquake. Pissis was born on April 26, 1852, in Guaymas in the Mexican state of Sonora. His father was Jose Etienne Pissis (1808–1880), a native...
Look up pissis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pissis is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: AlbertPissis (1852–1914), American...
district of San Francisco, California completed in 1904 and designed by AlbertPissis. Situated on Powell and Market streets, next to the Powell Street cable...
crematory also was completed in 1893, housed in a building designed by AlbertPissis and William P. Moore; it was damaged beyond repair during the 1957 San...
Historical Museum, located in the former Bank of Eureka, designed by AlbertPissis, 1911. The Buon Gusto (Eagle House) Hotel from the era when travel to...
(born 1962) – puppeteers Rosita in the children's series Sesame Street AlbertPissis (1852–1914) – architect who introduced the Beaux-Arts architectural...
Paris National Bank, which was completed in 1910. Designed by architect AlbertPissis, the bank building was granite clad with 38 ft (12 m) high Doric columns...
Cecil (1906), 156–160 Eddy Street; designed by Mexican-born architect AlbertPissis Cadillac Hotel (c. 1908), 366–394 Eddy Street; San Francisco Designated...
District. The bank building was designed by noted San Francisco architect AlbertPissis in a Classical Revival or Neoclassical style. The building is notable...
entering the United States. The building at the present site, designed by AlbertPissis, was completed in 1915 with an entrance on Washington, between Stockton...
Street Herald Hotel, 308 Eddy Street Winema Theater roofline and signage AlbertPissis Sylvain Schnaittacher Michelson, Alan. "Alfred Henry Jacobs". Pacific...
entrance at 456 Montgomery is the former bank of Borel & Co., designed by AlbertPissis, while at the corner of Montgomery and Sacramento Streets is the former...
Himachal Pradesh Ama Dablam 6,812 22,349 Himalayas, Nepal (Khumbu) Monte Pissis 6,795 22,293 Andes, Argentina – Third highest in Western Hemisphere Kangtega...
Wilcox Building in September 2020 Wilcox Building, built 1895-6, architects Pissis and Moore, five stories. All but the ground floor were removed in 1971 after...
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