The Ferry Building in San Francisco was designed by A. Page Brown in 1892 for the Port of San Francisco. It replaced a wooden structure of 1875 and opened on July 13, 1898. The infobox lists Beaux-Arts, Eclectic and Classical Revival, and the text names only Beaux-Arts.
The clock tower is 245 feet (75 m) tall, with four dials 22 feet (6.7 m) wide and the original 1898 mechanism, now electric. The Great Nave is 660 feet (200 m) long, with a mosaic floor of white and gray tesserae and the state seal. Marble, brick and terra cotta are used. The building survived the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes with little damage.
A restoration from 2001 to 2003, led by EQ Office, reopened it as a ferry terminal with about 50 restaurants and shops and offices. A farmers' market runs on the plaza. It joined the National Register in 1978. The article gives no building hours.
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