In 1905 , Weeks opened another branch office in San Francisco , at 251 Kearney Street , and he was in the city , staying at a hotel , when the 1906 earthquake hit . Fortunately he was unharmed . He was already busy designing numerous buildings along the California coast and Northern California during 1905 , and the earthquake in the Bay Area increased his work load , as he designed and built replacements for many buildings damaged by the quake and the fires in the aftermath
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
W. H. Weeks