After the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires , Albert Nion Tucker , Colbert Coldwell and John Conant Lynch formed Tucker , Lynch and Coldwell on August 27 , 1906 . Benjamin Arthur Banker joined the firm as a salesman in 1913 , and became a partner in 1914 . The company was renamed Coldwell Banker in the same year . Banker and Coldwell remained active in the company throughout their lives
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Coldwell Banker