Frederick Herman Meyer (June 26, 1876 – March 6, 1961) was an American architect. He was active in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is known for designing the YMCA Hotel in San Francisco. From c.1898 until 1901, Samuel Newsom worked with Meyer, to form the firm Newsom and Meyer in

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. Starting in 1902 and until 1908, Meyer entered into a partnership with architect Smith O'Brien to form the form Meyer and O'Brien. Frederick Herman Meyer was born on

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, his father John Nicholas Meyer was a German immigrant, cabinet maker.

Buildings

* Cadillac Hotel (1908), Tenderloin, San Francisco, California; designed by Meyer and O'Brien, a San Francisco Historic Landmark, and part of the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District * California Hall (formerly Das Deutsches Haus; 1912), San Francisco, California; which is listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark * The Belgravia (1913), San Francisco, California * Exposition Auditorium (now known as the

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; 1915), San Francisco, California * Green's Eye Hospital (1928), 1801 Bush Street, San Francisco, California *

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(1907), San Francisco, California * Building 101 Built for Bethlehem Steel (1917), at Pier 70, San Francisco, California (now RH Furniture and Restaurant) * YMCA Hotel (1928), San Francisco, California; which is listed in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Frederick Herman 1876 births 1961 deaths Architects from San Francisco 20th-century American architects American people of German descent