Historical Projects

We have a long and rich history building in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
We have also proudly taken part in historic projects in California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
​Below is a list of many of our historical projects:

1897 - Time Capsule at UCSF Parnassus Heights Campus

1905 - Forderer Cornice Works Advertising

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1875 Napa State Asylum - Napa, CA
1875 Huntington, Hopkins & Co. - San Francisco, CA
1876 Sherwood Block - San Francisco, CA
1877 IOOF Lodge & Reno Savings Bank - Reno, NV
1877 Union Block - San Francisco, CA
1879 Napa Opera House - Napa, CA
1880 Live Oak Lodge Masonic Hall - Oakland, CA
1882 San Francisco Stock Exchange - San Francisco, CA
1884 Society of California Pioneers - San Francisco, CA
1884 Polytechnic High School - San Francisco, CA
1884 Galindo Hotel - Oakland, CA
1884 The Chesnutwood Business College - Santa Cruz, CA
1884 Holbrook, Merrill, & Stetson Company Building - San Francisco, CA
1885 Mills College - Oakland, CA
1885 Alcazar Theatre - San Francisco, CA
1885 Oriental Block - Oakland, CA
1885 Oakland Tribune - Oakland, CA
1886 Eureka Courthouse - Eureka, CA
1887 Oriel Tea Company - San Francisco, CA
1887 Union Club - San Francisco, CA
1887 Lick Observatory - San Jose, CA
1887 The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament - Sacramento, CA
1888 California Electric Light Company - San Francisco, CA
1889 Eureka Courthouse - Eureka, CA
1889 The Chronicle Building - San Francisco, CA
1889 Notre Dame Des Victoires - San Francisco, CA
1889 The Concordia Club - San Francisco, CA
1889 AS Rosenbaum & Co. - San Francisco, CA
1890 Lachman Block - San Francisco, CA
1890 Parade House - Oakland, CA
1891 Westphal Building - Oakland, CA
1891 Piedmont Bath House - Oakland, CA
1891 CA Academy of Sciences - San Francisco, CA
1891 St Mary’s Cathedral - San Francisco, CA
1891 Mills Building - San Francisco, CA
1892 San Francisco Olympic Club building - San Francisco, CA
1892 Macdonough Building and Theatre - Oakland, CA
1892 Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales - Oakland, CA
1892 California Theatre - San Francisco, CA
1892 Geary Building - San Francisco, CA
1892 St. Paul German Lutheran Cathedral - San Francisco, CA
1893 California Bank Building - San Francisco, CA
1893 Luning Company Building - San Francisco, CA
1893 Harrison St Warehouse - San Francisco, CA
1893 HB Ledyard Building - San Francisco, CA
1894-1895 Whittier Mansion Expansion - San Francisco, CA
1896 PRESIDIO - San Francisco, CA
1896 Hale Bros Dept Store - San Francisco, CA
1896 German Savings & Loan Company - San Francisco, CA
1896 Hobart Building - San Francisco, CA
1896 The Emporium - San Francisco, CA
1898 Poodle Dog Restaurant - San Francisco, CA
1898 Wells Fargo Building - San Francisco, CA
1898 Ferry Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 Miller, Sloss & Scott Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 The Wilson Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 Boardman Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 The George E Dow Pumping Engine Co Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 The Deming Estate Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 Dr Merritts Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 The Mutual Label and Lithograph Co Buildings - San Francisco, CA
1900 St Lukes Hospital - San Francisco, CA
1900 The Tubbs Cordage Factory - San Francisco, CA
1900 Fulton Iron Works - San Francisco, CA
1900 The Government Store House - Presidio - San Francisco, CA
1900 Chronical Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 The Santa Fe's New Offices & Warehouses - San Francisco, CA
1900 The North End Sheds - Spear Street Wharf - San Francisco, CA
1900 Talcott's Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 Justinian Caire Building - San Francisco, CA
1900 Olympic Club - San Francisco, CA
1900 The Mendocino State Hospital - Ukiah, CA
1900 Stanford: The Natural Sciences Building - Palo Alto, CA
1900 Union Feed Company - Honolulu, HI
1900 Southern Pacific Company - Portland, OR
1900 Southern Pacific Company - Sacramento, CA
1900 The Post Hospital - Alcatraz Island, CA
1900 The De Fremery Building - Oakland, CA
1900 The L. Lucier Building - Visalia, CA
1901 Alvinza Hayward Building - San Francisco, CA
1902 Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA
1903 Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor - San Francisco
​1904 Flood Building - San Francisco, CA

1904 St Francis Hospital - San Francisco, CA
1904 St Dominic’s Catholic Church - San Francisco, CA
1904 The San Francisco Scottish Rite’s Albert Pike Memorial 
1905 Mary's Help Hospital - San Francisco, CA
1905 Lafayette Grammer School - Oakland, CA
1906 Lincoln Elementary School - Oakland, CA
1906 Wells Fargo Building - San Francisco, CA
1907 UC Berkeley Doe Memorial Library - Berkeley, CA
1907 Pacific Coast Stock Exchange Building - San Francisco, CA
1907 Oakland Bank Building - Oakland, CA
1907-1910 Union Trust Building - San Francisco, CA
​1908 Pacific Gas & Electric - Oakland, CA
​1908 Phelan Building - San Francisco, CA
1908 First National Bank - San Francisco, CA
1908 Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA
1909 Palace Hotel - San Francisco, CA
1909 Bank of California Building - San Francisco, CA
1909 Claremont Hotel - Berkeley, CA
1910 Oakland Hotel - Oakland, CA
1911 Hospital for Children & Training School for Nurses - San Francisco
1911 Masonic Temple - San Francisco, CA
1912 Alameda Post Office - Alameda, CA
​1913 Spreckles Building - San Francisco, CA
1914 Oakland City Hall - Oakland, CA
1914 The Call Building - San Francisco, CA
1914 Hobart Building - San Francisco, CA
1915 Pan Pacific - San Francisco, CA
1915 San Francisco City Hall - San Francisco, CA
1916 Women’s Athletic Club - San Francisco, CA
1916 Stockton Savings Bank STOCKTONCA
1916 Stanford - Palo Alto, CA
1917 Lakeside Golf Club - San Francisco, CA
1917 O’Conner Moffitt and Company - San Francisco, CA
1917 Southern Pacific Building - San Francisco, CA
1918 Hallidie Building - San Francisco, CA
1918 Merchants Exchange Building - San Francisco, CA
1918 American National Bank - San Francisco, CA
1919 Hetch Hetchy Water Supply (Groveland Shops) - Groveland, CA
1919 Clift Building - Salt Lake City, UT
1920 Cowen Building - Sacramento, CA
1920 Metropolitan Life - San Francisco, CA
1920 Schmidt Lithograph Company - San Francisco, CA
1921 Davies Building - Honolulu, HI
1921 Stanford University Hospital - San Francisco, CA
1921 Golden Gate Theatre - San Francisco, CA
1922 The Provident Securities Company - San Francisco, CA
1922 Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
1923 The Biltmore Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
1924 Medico Dental Building - San Francisco, CA
1924 The Biltmore Hotel - Los Angeles, CA
1924 Arcade Building - Los Angeles, CA
1925 Commercial Club of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA
1925 First Federal Trust Company Marquise - San Francisco, CA
1925 Richfield Oil Building - Oakland, CA
1926 Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Salt Lake City, UT
1927 Highland Hospital - Oakland, CA
1927 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company - Eugene, OR
1927 Hawaiian Electric Company - Honolulu, HI
1928 Hotel Sir Francis Drake Union Square Hotel - San Francisco, CA
1928 American Trust Bank - Petaluma, CA
1929 Montgomery Ward Building - Spokane, CA
1929 Sears Roebuck - San Francisco, CA
1929 Alexander & Baldwin Building - Honolulu, HI
1929 Standard Oil Building - San Francisco, CA
1931 Pearl Harbor - Building 660 - Navy Repair Shop - Honolulu, Hawaii
1932 Stewart Park Drive Bridge - Roseburg, OR
1932 Opera House & Veterans Building, War Memorial - San Francisco, CA
1932 CA state building - San Francisco, CA
1937 Ogden High School Ogden, UT
1937 Old SF Mint - San Francisco, CA
1940 Professional and Vocational Building - Sacramento, CA
1946 Addition to Hotel Sir Francis Drake - San Francisco, CA
1947 Roos Brothers Dept Store - Sacramento, CA
1960 VA Hospital - Spokane, CA
1962 State Farm Insurance Building - Santa Rosa, CA
1963 Safeway - Santa Rosa, CA
1967 Georgia Vista Building - Vallejo, CA
1968 Bank of America - Salinas, CA
1966 Bennet Valley Shopping Center - Santa Rosa, CA
1971 P T & T - Santa Rosa, CA
1973 Butte County Superior Court - Oroville, CA
1973 Geyser Peak Winery - Santa Rosa, CA
1976 Paramount Theatre Renovation - Oakland, CA

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​Forderer is driven by a tightly held set of core values that allow
​us to deliver repeatable results for our clients and partners. 

Communication.
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Integrity.
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Expertise.
Expertise is deeper than knowledge. We are driven to maintain our expert status through training, continued education and innovation.

Competition.
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​Forderer is a 6th-generation small business that has derived
​its lasting success from hiring quality people.