James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building is a historic post office and courthouse building located at San Francisco , California . It is a courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . Completed in 1905 as the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office , it was intended to represent the affluence and increasing importance of the United States as it became a world power . The building survived both the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building