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VLN: S.F. Architecture 1906-1908 (3485 words) |
 | The first building for the first department of architecture west of the Rockies, it was called the Ark (Howard was Noah) and was built as a temporary structure, hence its simple brown-shingled form and residential scale. |
| The Architectural Record wrote of the design in 1906 that it "promises to be one of the most imposing edifices in the United States devoted to banking purposes." The building is of steel frame construction with a carved granite exterior. |
| During the remainder of 1906 and all through 1907, the task of clearing away the wreckage and of carrying out in steel and stone the vision of a new and greater city proceeded at a pace that everywhere won admiration. |
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