Frederick H. Meyer (1876-1961) Frederick H. Meyer was born in San Francisco. His father was a cabinet maker and Frederick attended pubic and private schools. He began his career in the early 1890s as a draftsman for a planing mill and worked in a number of architectural offices prior to beginning his own practice. He is listed in the San Francisco City Directory under Newsom & Meyer in 1899-1900, under his own name in 1901 and as Meyer & O'Brien beginning in 1902. Meyer was a prolific designer, responsible for many of the buildings designed in the San Francisco area after the 1906 earthquake and fire. In 1913, Under Jim Rolph's Mayoral administration, Meyer was appointed to serve as one of the three members of the San Francisco Civic Center Commission, whose tasks included the evolution and supervision of the City's Civic Center plan. A fellow of the AIA, Meyer's practice consisted primarily of public, commercial and industrial projects, including public libraries, breweries, hospitals, and public schools. Among his most notable buildings are the Humboldt Bank and the Monadnock Building, tall buildings for their time and recognized for their innovative use of large glass areas and their incorporation of fire-safety designs and equipment. An avid sailor, Meyer was active in numerous professional, civic and recreational organizations. He practiced with a variety of firms including: Meyer & O'Brien (Smith); Meyer & Johnson (Albin R.); Meyer & Evers (Albert J.); Howard (John G.), Meyer & Reid (John Jr.); Riedy (Dodge A.) & Meyer; Meyer, Peugh (W.D.), Rist (Martin) and Pflueger (Timothy L.); Meyer & Associates - Jorgenson (Mark T.), Keyser (Lawrence H); The successor firms to Meyer's practice were Ashley (George Fred), Keyser & Runge; Johnson (Alfred W.) & Runge; Runge (Chris W.) (1906-1972). Sources:

Municipal Blue Book of San Francisco, 1915 Unpublished biography on Ashley, Keyser and Runge letterhead, 1961 (photocopy), Environmental Design Archives