Historic Districts
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California - San Francisco County - Historic Districts
San Francisco County California (Historic Districts) has 30 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 10 places of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Alcatraz, Aquatic Park Historic District, Fort Mason Historic District, Fort Mason Historic District (Boundary Increase) and Fort Point National Historic Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Native American dating back to 0.

Several famous people are associated with these San Francisco County historic places including Harry Bridges, Joseph Worcester, Guiseppe Cadenasso and Ina Coolbrith.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the San Francisco County places including Bureau of Prisons U.S. Army, Works Project Administration, William Hammond Hall, Herbert M. Baruch, Works Progress Administration, John McLaren, George McDougall, The Real Estate Association, United States Army and C.L. Taylor. Prominent architectural styles found in San Francisco Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival and Beaux Arts.

Alcatraz (added 1976 - - #76000209)
Also known as Alcatraz Island National Historic Landmark;Pacific Branch, U
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Commerce, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Fortification, Military Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
Aquatic Park Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001183)
Also known as Aquatic Park
Bounded by Van Ness Ave., Hyde and Polk Sts. , San Francisco
Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Works Progress Administration
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Museum, Restaurant
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic District (added 1982 - - #82000983)
2101-2125 Bush St., 1-6 Cottage Row, and 1940-1948 Sutter St. , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Taylor,C.L., The Real Estate Association
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Fort Mason Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000109)
Also known as Black Point;Bateria San Jose;Punta Medanos
Portion of Fort Mason N and E of Franklin St. and McArthur Ave. , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Institutional Housing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Multiple Dwelling
Fort Mason Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1979 - - #79000530)
Also known as Bateria San Jose;Punta Medanos;Battery Yerba Buena;Point San
Bounded by Van Ness Ave., Bay and Laguna Sts. , San Fransisco
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Works Project Administration
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Transportation, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Health Care, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage, Hospital, Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Health Care, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Hospital, Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Warehouse, Water-Related
Fort Miley Military Reservation (added 1980 - - #80000371)
Also known as Point Lobos Military Reservation;East Fort Miley;West Fort M
Off CA 1 , San Francisco
Howcheng, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage, Fortification, Military Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Government, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Government Office, Park
Fort Point National Historic Site (added 1970 - - #70000146)
N tip of San Francisco Peninsula on U.S. 101 and I 480 , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Golden Gate Park (added 2004 - - #04001137)
Bounded by Fulton St., Stanyan St., Fell St., Baker St., Oak St., Lincoln Way and The Great Highway , San Francisco
King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hall, William Hammond, McLaren, John
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Monument/Marker, Museum, Music Facility, Park, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Monument/Marker, Museum, Music Facility, Park, Sport Facility
Hunters Point Commercial Drydock Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000425)
E. of jct. of Fisher Ave. & Robinson Dr., San Francisco
Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Jackson Brewing Company (added 1993 - - #93000284)
1475--1489 Folsom St. and 319--351 11th St. , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ludlow, James T.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
European, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Business, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Jackson Square Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000186)
Roughly bounded by Broadway on N, Sansome St. on E, Washington St. on S, and Columbus Ave. on W , San Francisco
TheCatalyst31, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Manufacturing Facility, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Liberty Street Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001230)
Roughly 15-188 Liberty St. , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District (added 1991 - - #91000957)
Also known as See Also:Krotoszyner,Dr. Martin M.,Medical Offices and House
Roughly, 590--1209 Bush, 680--1156 Sutter and 600--1099 Post Sts. and the intersecting cross streets , San Francisco
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Multiple Dwelling
Market Street Theatre and Loft District (added 1986 - - #86000729)
982--1112 Market, 973--1105 Market, 1 Jones, and 1--35 Taylor Sts. , San Francisco
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Miller,James R., Et al.
Architectural Style:
Other, Chicago
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Theater
Palace of Fine Arts (added 2005 - - #04000659)
3301 Lyon St. , San Francisco
Sam67fr, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Conservation
Period of Significance:
1975-2000, 1950-1974
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Museum, Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Outdoor Recreation
Point Lobos Archeological Sites (added 1976 - - #76000176)
Also known as Sites SFr-5,21 & 24
Address Restricted , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Science, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
State, Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Port of San Francisco Embarcadero Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000372)
From Pier 45 to Pier 48, The Embarcadero , San Francisco
Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts, Mission/Spanish Revival
Historic Person:
Bridges, Harry
Significant Year:
1934
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Commerce, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Government Office, Rail-Related, Restaurant, Road-Related, Warehouse, Water-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Business, Pedestrian Related, Professional, Restaurant, Road-Related, Warehouse, Water-Related
Russian Hill--Macondray Lane District (added 1988 - - #87002286)
Roughly 900--982 Green, 1918--1960 Jones, 15--84 Macondray & 1801--1809 Taylor , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Mission/Spanish Revival
Historic Person:
Coolbrith,Ina, Cadenasso,Guiseppe
Area of Significance:
Art, European, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Russian Hill--Paris Block Architectural District (added 1988 - - #87002288)
Also known as See Also:Feusier Octagon House
Roughly 1017--1067 Green St. , San Francisco
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hobart,L.P., Et al.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Russian Hill--Vallejo Street Crest District (added 1988 - - #87002289)
Also known as Russian Hill
Roughly 1020-1032 Broadway, 1-49 Florence, 1728-1742 Jones, 1-7 Russian Hill Pl., 1629-1715 Taylor, & 1000-1085 Vallejo , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Polk,Willis
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Historic Person:
Worcester,Joseph
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Literature, Art, Philosophy, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Sacred Heart Parish Complex (added 2017 - - #100001665)
546 and 554 Fillmore, 735 Fell and 660 Oak Streets, San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Historic Person:
Boyle, Eugene
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Black, Social History
Period of Significance:
1968-1972 AD, 1891-1972 AD
San Francisco Civic Center Historic District (added 1978 - - #78000757)
Also known as San Francisco Civic Center National Historic Landmark
Roughly bounded by Golden Gate Ave., 7th, Franklin, Hayes, and Market Sts. , San Francisco
Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Art, Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, City Hall, Library, Museum, Theater, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, City Hall, Library, Museum, Theater, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
San Francisco Port of Embarkation, US Army (added 1985 - - #85002433)
Also known as See Also:Fort Mason
Ft. Mason , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Military Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
San Francisco State Teacher's College (added 2008 - - #07001391)
Also known as University of California Extension Center
55 Laguna St. , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Second and Howard Streets District (added 1999 - - #99000894)
121-198 2nd, 579-612 Howard, 116 Natoma, 111-163 New Montgomery , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Reid Brothers, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Other
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling
Senior Officers Quarters Historic District, Yerba Buena Island (added 2008 - - #08000085)
Also known as National Station Treasure Island, Senoir Officers' Quarters Historic District
Whiting Way at Northgate Rd., North shore of Yerba Buena Island , Yerba Buena Island
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lucille Woolpert, Bureau of Yards and Docks
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Southern Pacific Company Hospital Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000319)
1400 Fell St. , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Patterson,Daniel J.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Health/Medicine, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Uptown Tenderloin Historic District (added 2009 - - #08001407)
Also known as Tenderloin
All or part of 33 blocks roughly bounded by Market, McAllister, Golden Gate, Larkin, Geary, Taylor, Ellis Sts. , San Francisco
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Parking Lot, Religious Structure, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Energy Facility, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Religious Structure, Theater
Veterans Affairs Medical Center--San Francisco, California (added 2009 - - #05001112)
4150 Clement St. , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baruch, Herbert M.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Military, Health/Medicine, Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Hospital
Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse (added 1991 - - #91001096)
Also known as Goat Island Lighthouse
Yerba Buena Island , San Francisco
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Other, Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Maritime History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Water-Related
Current Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Water-Related
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