Slightly damaged in the 1906 earthquake and fire, it re-opened again just five weeks after the calamity; Pissis designed an addition to the building in 1908.

Eight years later, with the building vacant, it was bought by a local real estate investor for $3.95 million, despite the attempts of a consortium of organizations to create a cultural arts center there, including museums dedicated to radio and music.

[6] The new owner spent some time looking for a single tenant for the building's 42,000 square feet (3,900 m2) of space, but it remained vacant.

[11] In April 2021, Dolmen Property Group, the building's owner and operator[12] — re-conceptualized the building as a full-time meeting and event space — securing two liquor licenses and the management services of veteran San Francisco hospitality executive Philip Spiegel.

[13] In 1974, a branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco's Sunset District was robbed by the Symbionese Liberation Army and Patty Hearst.