Serrano Hotel

Significant exterior features include decorative pressed metal panels, balconies, and elaborate cornice decoration, and significant interior features include Spanish Colonial decoration in the lobby, such as twisted columns and decorative ironwork. Numerous alterations have been made to the ground floor retail spaces, while the upper floors are largely intact.

Giampolini Courtney was awarded prime contractor to restore the facade and replace all of the windows, which required approval from the San Francisco Preservation Commission. The scope included replacement of 600 wood frame windows, rebuilding of brick cladding at corners and floor beams, upgrade of deteriorated structural steel framing at floor beams and columns,ornate plaster restoration, sheet metal repair and replacement, repointing of brick mortar joints, sealing of window perimeters, and repainting of the previously painted masonry facade in the original historic colors. McGinnes Chen served as owners representative and project architect.