James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse | |
James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, May 2008 | |
| Location | NE corner of 7th and Mission Sts., San Francisco, California, US |
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| Coordinates | 37°46′48″N 122°24′40″W / 37.780°N 122.411°W |
| Area | 2.6 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Taylor, James Knox |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Italian Renaissance Palazzo, Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000188 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1971 |
| Designated NHL | October 16, 2012 |
The 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.