Together with William Baker Faville ( 1866-1946 ) , whom he met at MIT , he designed the building for the Oakland Public Library located at 659 14th Street in Oakland , California in 1900-1901 . The construction was partly funded by the Carnegie Foundation . It now serves as the African American Museum and Library at Oakland , and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County , California since August 11 , 1983 . In 1902 , they designed the Rialto Building located at 116 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco , though it was destroyed by a fire later that year . It was demolished in 1906 , and they rebuilt it in 1910 . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco , California on January 3 , 2011 . From 1902 to 1904 , they designed the second Saint Francis Hotel located at 301-345 Powell Street on Union Square in San Francisco . The first San Francis Hotel had been designed by Hart Wood ( 1880 – 1957 ) . This new 250-room hotel was commissioned by Charles Crocker ( 1822-1888 ) , a railroad executive . However , it was destroyed and burned down by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . In 1906 , they built a third San Francis Hotel . It became the largest hotel on the Pacific Coast in the early twentieth century . In 1905 , they designed the Magee Building in San Francisco . In 1907 , they designed the second Columbia Theater in San Francisco . From 1909 to 1910 , they designed the Geary Theater , located at 415 Geary Street . It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco , California since May 27 , 1975 . It now houses the American Conservatory Theater
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Walter Danforth Bliss