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san francisco contemporary architecture  see below for historical
     
01- de Young Museum, San Francisco
2005 Herzog & de Meuron Architects		 02- Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio, San Francisco
2007 Gluckman Mayner Architects		 03- Contemporary Jewish Museum, Yerba Buena
- Eric Owen Moss
     
04- Federal building - San Francisco, USA
2006 Morphosis Architecture		 05- Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco
- Diller + Scofidio		 06- University of California, San Francisco
2008 Rafael Vinoly Architects
     
07- V. C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco
1948 Frank Lloyd Wright		    

 

 

san francisco historic architecture  united states
     
001 Golden Gate Bridge 002 San Francisco City Hall 003 TransAmerica Pyramid
     
004 Fairmont Hotel 005 AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants Stadium) 006 Museum of Modern Art
     
007 San Francisco International Terminal 008 V. C. Morris Gift Shop (Xanadu Gallery) 009 Hyatt Regency San Francisco
     
010 Hallidie Building 011 Livermore House 012 The Cannery
   
013 The Hermitage 014 Palace of Fine Arts, Panama Pacific Exhibition  
     
 
SF Landmarks

1 Mission Dolores (Mision de San Francisco de Asis) 320 Dolores 1782-1791 4/11/68
2 Old St. Mary’s Church 660 California 1909 4/11/68
3 Bank of California 400 California 1908 9/3/68
4 St. Patrick’s Church 756 Mission 1872, 1906 9/3/68
5 St. Francis of Assisi 610 Vallejo 1913 9/3/68
6 Old St. Patrick’s Church/ Holy Cross Parish Hall 1820 Eddy 1854 9/3/68
7 Audiffred Building 1-21 Mission 1889 10/13/68
8 Bayview Opera House 1601 Newcomb 1888 12/8/68
9 Belli Building 722 Montgomery 1851 2/3/69
10 Genella Building 728-730 Montgomery 1854 2/3/69
11 Hotaling Stables 32-42 Hotaling 1860’s 2/3/69
12 Hotaling Building 451 Jackson 1866 2/3/69
13 Hotaling Annex East 445 Jackson 1860 2/3/69
14 Medico-Dental Building 441 Jackson 1861 2/3/69
15 Ghirardelli Building 415-431 Jackson 1853 2/3/69
16 Ghirardelli Annex 407 Jackson 1873 2/3/69
17 Colonial Dames Octagon House 2645 Gough 1861 2/3/69
18 Garden Court Palace Hotel 2 New Montgomery 1906, 1950 3/9/69
19 Golden Era Building 732 Montgomery 1852 3/9/69
20 Hotaling Annex West 463-473 Jackson 1860’s 3/9/69
21 San Francisco City Hall 400 Van Ness 1915 3/13/70
22 Solari Building East 470 Jackson 1852 3/16/70
23 Solari Building West 472 Jackson 1852 3/16/70
24 Yeon Building 432 Jackson 1855 3/16/70
25 Moulinie Building 458-460 Jackson 1852 3/16/70
26 Bank of Lucas, Turner and Co. 800-804 Jackson 1854 3/16/70
27 Grogan-Lent-Atherton Building 400 Jackson 1858 3/16/70
28 Old Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church 858-864 Fulton 1880 5/3/70
29 Engine 22 Fire House 1348 10th Avenue 1898 5/3/70
30 Ghirardelli Square Polk, Beach, Larkin, North Point 1859, 1962 5/3/70
31 Burr Mansion 1772 Vallejo 1875 5/3/70
32 Abner Phelps House 1111 Oak 1850 5/31/70
33 Sentinel Building 916-920 Kearny 1907 6/13/70
34 U. S. Mint & Subtreasury 608 Commercial 1854 6/14/70
35 Stadtmuller House 819 Eddy 1880 12/5/70
36 Feusier Octagon House 1067 Green 1858 12/5/70
37 Hallidie Building 130 Sutter 1918 4/4/71
38 Bourn Mansion 2550 Webster 1896 4/4/71
39 St. Francis Lutheran Church 152 Church 1906 7/10/71
40 First Unitarian Church 1187 Franklin 1889 7/10/71
41 St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 1135 O’Farrell 1895 7/10/71
42 Dennis T. Sullivan Memorial Fire Chief’s Home 870 Bush 1922 10/10/71
43 Cable Car Barn and Power House 1200 Mason 1887 10/10/71
44 Donaldina Cameron House 920 Sacramento 1907 10/10/71
45 Leale House 2475 Pacific 1860 4/2/72
46 House of the Flag 1652-1656 Taylor 1860, 1903 5/12/72
47 Nightingale House 201 Buchanan 1882 10/1/72
48 Charles Dietle House 294 Page 1878 10/1/72
49 Sherman House Hotel 2160 Green 1877 10/18/72
50 Conservatory of Flowers Golden Gate Park 1879 12/4/72
51 Casebolt House 2727 Pierce 1865 3/5/73
52 Fugazi Bank Building 4 Columbus 1909 3/5/73
53 Wormser-Coleman House 1834 California 1876 6/1/73
54 Edward Coleman House 1701 Franklin 1895 7/6/73
55 Lilienthal-Pratt House 1820 California 1876 7/6/73
56 Roos House 3500 Jackson 1909 8/6/73
57 Talbot-Dutton House 1782 Pacific 1875 11/2/73
58 S. F. Gas Light Company 3640 Buchanan 1893 2/4/74
59 Haslett Warehouse 680 Beach 1909 2/4/74
60 Hunters Point Springs/ Albion Brewery 881 Innes 1870 4/5/74
61 Sylvester House 1556 Revere 1870 4/5/74
62 Mish House 1153 Oak 1885 7/6/74
63 Quinn House 1562 McKinnon 1875 7/6/74
64 Pacific Union Club 1000 California 1886 8/2/74
65 Trinity Episcopal Church 1668 Bush 1893 10/5/74
66 Stanyan Residence 2006 Bush 1854 1/4/75
67 Tanforan Cottage #1 214 Dolores 1853 1/4/75
68 Tanforan Cottage #2 220 Dolores 1854 1/4/75
69 Haas-Lilienthal House 2007 Franklin 1886 1/4/75
70 Atherton House 1990 California 1881 2/19/75
71 Goodman Building 1117 Geary 1869 2/28/75
72 V. C. Morris Building 140 Maiden Lane 1949 8/7/75
73 Lotta’s Fountain Market, Geary, Kearny 1875 7/19/75
74 Frank M. Stone House 1348 South Van Ness 1886 7/19/75
75 Whittier Mansion 2090 Jackson 1894 11/8/75
76 Mills Building/ Mills Tower 220 Montgomery/ 220 Bush 1890. 1907 1931 11/8/75
77 Albert S. Samuels Clock Sidewalk in front of 856 Market 1915 12/7/75
78 Sunnyside Conservatory 236 Monterey Blvd. 1897 12/7/75
79 Miller-Joost House 3224 Market 1867 12/7/75
80 Alfred E. Clarke Mansion 250 Douglass 1891 12/7/75
81 Bush Street Temple 1881 Bush 1895 4/18/76
82 Geary Theater 415 Geary 1910 7/11/76
83 St. John’s Presbyterian 25 Lake 1870 9/12/76
84 War Memorial Complex (Opera House, Vets Bldg) 301 Van Ness/ 401 Van Ness 1932 1/9/77
85 S. F. Art Institute 800 Chestnut 1926 7/9/77
86 Potrero Hill Neighborhood House 953 DeHaro 1922 7/9/77
87 Jessie Street Substation 220 Jessie 1909 7/9/77
88 Palace of Fine Arts 3301 Lyon 1915, 1967 7/9/77
89 Engine Co. #2 1152 Oak 1893 7/9/77
90 Ferry Building Embarcadero, foot of Market 1898 7/9/77
91 Trinidad Bean & Elevator 855 Front 1855 7/9/77
92 Pelican Paper Co. 901 Front 1855 7/9/77
93 Engine Co. #23 3022 Washington 1893 7/9/77
94 Orpheum Theater 1192 Market 1926 7/9/77
95 Koshland House 3800 Washington 1904 7/9/77
96 Francis Scott Key Monument Golden Gate Park 1888 7/9/77
97 Atkinson-Escher House 1032 Broadway 1853 7/17/77
98 Ortman-Shumae House 1901 Scott 1870 8/13/77
99 Schoenstein Organ Co. 3101 20th Street 1928 8/13/77
100 Castro Theater 429 Castro 1922 9/3/77
101 Oriental Warehouse 650 First Street 1868 10/8/77
102 Italian Swiss Colony Warehouse 1265 Battery 1903 1/8/78
103 Calvary Presbyterian Church 2301 Fillmore 1902 1/10/78
104 Independent Wood Co. 1105 Battery 1907 4/23/79
105 Market Street Railway Substation 1190 Fillmore 1902 4/23/79
106 Chambord Apartments 1298 Sacramento 1921 4/23/79
107 Rincon Annex Post Office Mission, Spear, Howard, Steuart 1940 2/10/80
108 State Armory and Arsenal 1800 Mission 1914 2/10/80
109 A. Borel and Company 440 Montgomery 1908 4/6/80
110 Italian American Bank 460 Montgomery 1907 4/6/80
111 Family Service Agency 1010 Gough 1928 10/12/80
112 Rothschild House 964 Eddy c.1880 10/5/80
113 S. F. Mining Exchange 350 Bush 1923 10/5/80
114 Beltline Railroad Roundhouse Sansome, Lombard, The Embarcadero 1918 10/5/80
115 Health Sciences Library 2395 Sacramento 1912 10/5/80
116 St. Paulus Lutheran Church 999 Eddy 1893 (destr. by fire 1996) 10/5/80
117 Hammersmith Building 301-303 Sutter 1907 10/5/80
118 Bnai David Temple 3535 19th Street 1908, 1925 10/5/80
119 Chambers Mansion 2220 Sacramento 1887 10/5/80
120 St. Joseph’s Church 1401 Howard 1913 10/5/80
121 Julius Castle 302-304 Greenwich 1923, 1928 10/5/80
122 Clay Street Center 940 Powell/965 Clay 1932 1/4/81
123 John McMullen House 827 Guerrero 1881 1/4/81
124 Sharon Building Golden Gate Park 1888 1/4/81
125 Charles Havens Mansion 1381 South Van Ness 1884 4/11/81
126 Bransten House 1735 Franklin 1904 6/7/81
127 Old Spaghetti Factory Café 478 Green 1908 6/7/81
128 Clunie House 301 Lyon 1897 6/7/81
129 Bauer & Schweitzer Malting Company 530-550 Chestnut 1908 7/5/81
130 Hibernia Bank 1 Jones Street 1892 8/2/81
131 Union Trust Bank 744 Market 1910 8/2/81
132 Savings Union Bank 1 Grant Avenue 1910 8/2/81
133 Axford House 1190 Noe 1877 8/2/81
134 Mechanics Institute 57-65 Post 1909 9/6/81
135 Westerfeld House 1198 Fulton 1889 12/6/81
136 Marsden Kershaw House 845 Guerrero 1871 12/6/81
137 Notre Dame School 347 Dolores 1907 12/6/81
138 I. M. Scott Primary School 1060 Tennessee 1895 12/6/81
139 St. Charles School 3250 18th Street 1888 12/6/81
140 Newton Tharp School/ High School of Commerce 170 Fell Street 135 Van Ness Avenue 1910 1926 12/6/81
141 Home Telephone Company 333 Grant Avenue 1908 12/6/81
142 PG&E Old Station J 569 Commercial 1914 12/6/81
143 Fire Station #2 466 Bush 1909 12/6/81
144 Hoffman Grill Building 619 Market 1913 12/6/81
145 Buich Building 240 California 1909 12/6/81
146 Jack’s Restaurant 615 Sacramento 1907 12/6/81
147 Dutch Windmill Golden Gate Park 1903 12/6/81
148 Kerrigan House 893 Wisconsin 1905 6/5/82
149 Klockars Blacksmith Shop 449 Folsom 1912 6/12/82
150 Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall 224-226 Guerrero 1906 6/12/82
151 Archbishop’s Mansion 1000 Fulton 1904 6/12/82
152 Don Lee Building 1000 Van Ness Avenue 1921 7/10/82
153 Earle C. Anthony Packard Showroom 901 Van Ness Avenue 1927 7/10/82
154 Flood Building 870-898 Market 1904 7/10/82
155 Flatiron Building 540-548 Market 1913 7/10/82
156 Phelan Building 760-784 Market 1908 7/10/82
157 Hills Bros. Coffee Plant 2 Harrison 1926 11/7/82
158 Federal Reserve Bank 400 Sansome 1924 1/7/83
159 Gaylord Hotel 620 Jones 1929 4/10/83
160 Royal Insurance Building 210 Sansome 1907 4/10/83
161 Alvinza Hayward Building 400 Montgomery 1907 4/10/83
162 Hobart Building 582-592 Market 1914 7/9/83
163 Sharon Building 39-63 New Montgomery 1912 7/9/83
164 McMorry-Lagan Residence 188-198 Haight 1883, 1889 11/6/83
165 Coit Tower 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd. 1933 1/1/84
166 Trinity Presbyterian Church 3261 23rd Street 1892 3/30/84
167 Metropolitan Life Building 600 Stockton 1909 6/3/84
168 William Vale House 2226 California 1885 6/3/84
169 Campfire Girls Building 325 Arguello 1929 6/3/84
170 Grace Cathedral Close 1051 Taylor 1914 8/5/84
171 Earthquake Refugee Shack 1227 24th Avenue 1906 8/12/84
172 St. Boniface Church 133 Golden Gate 1902, 1908 10/7/84
173 Notre Dame des Victoires Catholic Church 564-566 Bush 1913 10/7/84
174 California Hall 625 Polk 1912 10/7/84
175 McLaren Lodge Golden Gate Park 1896 11/4/84
176 Cadillac Hotel 366-394 Eddy/ 300-324 Leavenworth 1908 1/6/85
177 First Congregational Church 432 Mason 1915 3/1/85
178 S. F. Women’s Building/ Mission Turnverein 3543-18th Street 1910 3/1/85
179 Beach Chalet 1000 Great Highway 1925 12/22/85
180 Geneva Car Barn 2301 San Jose Avenue 1901 1/26/86
181 Lawn Bowling Clubhouse and Greens Golden Gate Park 1915 9/7/86
182 Theodore Green Apothecary 500-502 Divisadero 1889 9/14/86
183 Crown Zellerbach Building 1 Bush/523 Market 1959 5/17/87
184 Mark Hopkins Hotel 850 Mason/1 Nob Hill 1926 5/17/87
185 Fairmont Hotel 950 Mason 1906 6/13/87
186 David Lewis House 4143 23rd Street 1892 2/14/88
187 Engine Co. #37 2501 25th Street 1918 3/19/88
188 Engine Co. #8 1648 Pacific 1917 3/19/88
189 Frank G. Edwards House 1366 Guerrero 1883 12/17/88
190 Charles Hinkel House 280 Divisadero 1885 12/17/88
191 Southern Pacific Hospital 1400 Fell/ 1509, 1555, and 1599 Hayes 1908 3/8/89
192 Oakley Residence 200-202 Fair Oaks 1886 3/8/89
193 Baker and Hamilton Bldg. 700-768 7th Street 1905 2/1/89
194 Third Street Bridge Third Street over Mission Creek 1932 10/17/89
195 Alcazar Theater 650 Geary 1917 10/17/89
196 Alfred G. Hanson House 126 27th Avenue 1907 12/22/89
197 Spreckels Mansion 2080 Washington 1913 6/8/90
198 Richard E. Queen House 2212 Sacramento 1895 8/31/90
199 Jackson Brewery Co. 1475-1489 Folsom/ 301-333 11th Street 1907, 1912 1/5/91
200 Path of Gold Light Standards 1-2470 Market 1908, 1916, 1925 8/6/91
201 Park Emergency Hospital 811 Stanyan 1902 10/25/91
202 Macedonia Baptist Church 2135 Sutter 1905 1/22/93
203 George W. Gibbs House 2622 Jackson 1895 9/26/93
204 Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 906 Broadway 1912 11/15/93
205 Balboa High School 1000 Cayuga 1934 2/18/95
206 Howard/26th Street Cottages 1487-1499 South Van Ness/3274-3294 26th Street/84-96 Virgil 1905 1/22/94
207 Ellinwood Residence 2799 Pacific/ 2498 Divisadero 1894 1/24/94
208 McCormick House 4040-4042 17th Street 1902 12/23/99
209 S. F. Columbarium 1 Loraine Court 1898 3/1/96
210 Millwright’s Cottage and Murphy Windmill Golden Gate Park 1905 10/16/99
211 Madame C. K. Walker House 2066 Pine 1878-1879 6/16//99
212 Columbus Savings Bank 700 Montgomery 1904 4/5/00
213 Joseph Leonard House 90 Cedro Avenue 1911 12/15/99
214 El Capitan Theater and Hotel 2353 Mission 1928 3/2/96
215 Victoria Theater 2961 16th Street 1908 3/2/96
216 Milo Hoadley House 2908-2910 Bush 1858 6/21/96
217 Alhambra Theater 2320-2336 Polk 1926 2/21/96
218 North End Police Station 2475 Greenwich 1912 5/23/96
219 Mt. Davidson Monument and Park Mount Davidson 1934
220 Engine House 31 1088 Green 1908 4/8/98
221 Shriner’s Hospital 1651 19th Avenue 1923 4/8/98
222 Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Channel 1937 5/21/99
223 Carmel Fallon Building 1800-1806 Market 1894 11/8/98
224 Schubert Hall 2099 Pacific 1905 5/21/99
225 Fire Boat House Harrison & Embarcadero 1915 4/16/99
226 Washington Square Park Stockton, Filbert, Columbus, Union 1850 4/21/99
227 Castro Camera/Harvey Milk Residence 573-575 Castro 1894 5/22/00
228 City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus 1907 10/22/01
229 Garcia & Maggini Warehouse 128 King Street 1913 05/24/02
230 Muni Car #1 1912 PENDING
232 1338 Filbert Cottages 1338 Filbert 1907 05/24/02
235 Carnegie Chinatown Branch Library 1135 Powell 1914 05/02/02
236 Old U.S. Mint 88 Fifth Street 1869-1874
237 Drexler/Colombo Building 1-21 Columbus Ave. and 612-624 Washington 1912 08/23/02
238 SF Labor Temple -
Redstone Building 2926-2948 16th Street 1914 07/14/04
241 Jose Theater/Names Project 2362 Market Street 1910 06/15/04
242 The Infant Shelter/SF Conservatory of Music 1201 Ortega Street 1928 07/20/04
243 Old Chronicle Building 690 Market Street 1890, 1906 PENDING
245 New Mission Theater 2550 Mission Street 1916 05/18/04
246 James Lick Baths/People's Laundry 165 Tenth Street 1890, 1906 07/20/04
248 Juvenile Court and Detention Home 150 Otis Street 1913-1916 PENDING
250 John Dircks Cottage 900 Innes Avenue 1875 PENDING
252 St. Brigid's Church Van Ness and Broadway 1902-1904 PENDING
253 Richard P. Doolan/Norman Larson Residence and Storefronts 557 Ashbury Street 1903, 1907 PENDING
SF Historic Districts

A
Cottage Row Cottage Row (between Bush and Sutter, parallel to Fillmore and Webster)
B
Jackson Square Jackson, Pacific, Washington, Montgomery, etc.
C
Webster Street Webster, Washington, etc.
D
Northeast Waterfront Battery, Sansome, Green, Vallejo, etc.
E
Alamo Square Fulton, McAllister, Grove, Steiner, Scott, etc.
F
Liberty Hill Valencia, Guerrero, 20th Street, 21st Street, etc.
G
Telegraph Hill Filbert Steps, Greenwich, Union, Montgomery, etc.
H
Blackstone Court Blackstone Court (off Franklin near Lombard)
I
South End District Townsend, Brannan, 2nd Street, etc.
J
Civic Center McAllister, Grove, Van Ness, Larkin, Polk, etc.
K
Dogpatch Third Street, Mariposa, Tubbs, I-280
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