Pacific Telephone Building (140 New Montgomery) - Art Deco skyscraper

The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building at 140 New Montgomery Street was completed in 1925 and is a notable example of Art Deco commercial architecture in San Francisco. For decades it served as a regional headquarters for the telephone company and features characteristic verticality and decorative setbacks of the era. The building is a documented part of the city's early-20th-century skyscraper development in the South of Market area.