Hermes/Mercury
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Artist: unknown Owner: Lincoln University 
The Larger Picture
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401 15th St X Franklin, Oakland, CA
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This Mercury looks out over a busy intersection in downtown Oakland in the company Artemis (as per Bernhardi in Buildings of Oakland) Photo: XT |
111 Sutter X Kearny/Montgomery, SF
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The bearing of the God of commerce, roads and thieves, often honors and protects commercial buildings of the early 1900s in the downtowns of the Bay Area. Here Mercury stands tall at the entrance to the Hunter Dulin Building in downtown San Francisco. The building was built in 1926 and is included in the National Register of Historic Places (#97000348). Artist: unknown Owner: Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust and Ellis Partners Photo: XT |
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Artist: Miller & Pflueger Owner: Lincoln Property Co. |
350 Bush St X Montgomery/Kearny, SF, CA
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With a purse in his left hand and quicksilver in his right Mercury shares the pediment of the old California Chamber of Commerce building with Poseidon and possibly Zeus. Originally the San Francisco Mining Exchange and now SF Landmark #113 this structure was built in 1923.
Photo: XT |
That does appear to be a rodent on his head. Photo: XT 
He guards each window. Photos: XT
Artist: unknown Owner: Bank of America Photo: XT |
Green X Stockton, SF, CA
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300 Block of Montgomery St. X California St, SF
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Artist: unknown Owner: Building proprietor |
Photos: XT
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400 Montgomery St. SF, CA
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Doe Library, UC Berkeley Campus
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Artist: Praxiteles of Athens (Original) Owner: Doe Library - UC Berkeley Photos: XT |
5 Third St San Francisco, CA
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Detail in the lobby of the Hearst Building. Artist: Julia Morgan ??? Owner: Hearst Building Photo: XT |
