The Montgomery Block

THIS, SAN FRANCISCO’S FIRST FIREPROOF BUILDING
ERECTED IN 1853 BY HENRY WAGER HELLECK, WAS THE
HEADQUARTERS FOR MANY OUTSTANDING LAWYERS,
FINANCIERS, WRITERS, ACTORS AND ARTISTS. JAMES
KING OF WILLIAM, EDITOR OF THE BULLETIN, DIED HERE
AFTER BEING SHOT BY JAMES CASEY, MAY 14, 1856.
ESCAPING DESTRUCTION IN THE FIRE OF 1906, THE
BUILDING IS PRESERVED IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
LIVED AND WORKED IN IT.