Hale Brothers Department Store
historic place
Hale Brothers Department Store was a significant retail establishment in San Francisco. The company, founded in 1876, opened its first San Francisco store in 1892. A prominent location for Hale Brothers was the grand store that opened on October 31, 1912, at 901 Market Street, at the southwest corner of Fifth Street. This six-story, reinforced concrete building was designed by the San Francisco architecture firm, Reid Brothers. The building features a two-part vertical block design over a glass base, with colossal Ionic columns and Chicago-type windows. The period of significance for this historic property is 1912 to 1945. Hale Brothers later merged with Broadway Department Stores in 1949, forming Broadway-Hale Stores. After Hale's moved out in the mid-1940s, J.C. Penney occupied the 901 Market Street building from 1944 until 1971. Today, the building at 901 Market Street is recognized for its architectural and historical importance, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.