5/3/2024
5/3/2024
Landmark information
- Location:
NE corner of Montgomery and Jackson, San Francisco - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
7/30/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/3/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 47.788, W 122 24.206
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. (Sherman's Bank)
William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their city building on the northeast corner of Jackson and Montgomery Streets in the spring of 1854. Sherman successfully carried the bank through the financial crisis of 1855 and remained until they discontinued business in 1857.