Providian Financial Building

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox building

| name = Providian Financial Building

| image = 201 Mission Street.jpg

| alternate_names = In 2021

| location = 201 Mission Street
San Francisco, California, USA

| coordinates = {{coord|37|47|28.4|N|122|23|42.16|W|region:US|display=inline,title}}

| roof = {{convert|417|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| floor_count = 30

| building_type = Office

| status = Completed

| opening = 1981

| floor_area = {{convert|489,284|sqft|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Providian Financial Building|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/providian-financial-building/12799|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|access-date=2017-08-16}}

| architect = Primiani Weaver

| developer = EQ Office

| references = {{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/118748/providian-financial-building-san-francisco-ca-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311175448/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/118748/providian-financial-building-san-francisco-ca-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2016-03-11 |title=Emporis building ID 118748 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|2037}}{{Structurae|20021857}}

}}

The Providian Financial Building (also known as the Pacific Gateway Building) is a high-rise office building located at 201 Mission Street in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California. The building stands at a height of {{convert|417|ft}} and has 30 stories. Its construction was completed in 1981.

The building is located on an unusual trapezoidal mid-block lot that extends from Mission Street to Howard Street. When it was constructed, the building was flanked by ramps to the Embarcadero Freeway, which have since been torn down.1998 USGS topographic map showing the now-gone Embarcadero Freeway (purple)