Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1906, wani
Babban girgizar kasa ta lalata San Francisco kuma ta lalata gine-gine sama da 28,000, da yawa sakamakon gobarar da ta biyo baya. Yayin da aka sake gina garin, ya ɗauki shirin cibiyar jama'a, wanda masanin Ingilishi B.J.S. Cahill ya fara haɓaka a cikin 1899, don ƙarfafa gine-ginen gwamnati a tsakiyar wuri. Ginin karshe da aka kammala don Cibiyar Civic ta San Francisco, Ginin Tarayya ya kasance muhimmin bangare na gine-gine bakwai da suka hada da gine-ginen gwamnati, ɗakin karatu, da gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Tsarin Civic Center ya haɗa da tsara birni mai kyau, ra'ayi wanda ya dogara da ƙa'idodin ƙirar Beaux Arts da na gargajiya da aka yi wahayi zuwa, gine-ginen gine-gine. Cibiyar Civic ta San Francisco tana ɗaya daga cikin misalan da suka fi nasara a ƙasar game da motsi na City Beautiful.