Financial District in San Francisco City and County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Crown Zellerbach Building
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, February 1, 2022
1. Crown Zellerbach Building Marker
Crown Zellerbach headquarters have always been located in San Francisco. This building erected in the city of the company's founders is dedicated to those farsighted pioneers who worked to develop the pulp and paper industry of the West and in so doing wrote a vital chapter in the industrial growth of North America.
Erected 1960.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
Location. 37° 47.47′ N, 122° 24.012′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in the Financial District. Marker can be reached from Bush Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Bush Street, San Francisco CA 94104, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Liberty Bell Slot Machine (within shouting distance of this marker); Shoreline of San Francisco Bay (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Shoreline of San Francisco Bay (about 300 feet away); Site of First California State Fair (about 300 feet away); “The Orient Building” (about
this page online
More about this marker. The marker is not really visible from the street. It is at street level, mounted to the interior side of the wall that rings the below-street level plaza that surrounds much of the One Bush Street Building, by the steps that lead down to the plaza (just west of the Bush street building entrance).
Also see . . .
1. Crown Zellerbach (Wikipedia).
"Crown Zellerbach was an American pulp and paper conglomerate based in San Francisco, California. It was purchased in a hostile takeover in 1985. Most of its pulp and paper assets were sold to James River Corporation, and are now part of Georgia-Pacific. Its name lives on most notably through the Crown Zellerbach Building in San Francisco (One Bush Plaza) and various philanthropic projects of the Zellerbach family. The company invented folded paper towels, cardboard egg cartons, and the window envelope."(Submitted on February 2, 2022.)
2. Anthony Zellerbach: Jewish Paper King of the American Wild West (Jewish Museum of the American West). (Submitted on February 2, 2022.)
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, February 1, 2022
2. Crown Zellerbach Building Marker - wide view, with Bush Street in the background
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, February 1, 2022
3. Crown Zellerbach Building - four for the price of one
The CZ Building plus the reflections of its three neighbors across Bush Street, as seen from the marker site.
A. Gonzalez (courtesy of the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library)
4. Anthony Zellerbach with horse and carriage
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 455 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 2, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
