National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), San Francisco County

San Francisco County California (Page 5) has 16 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Union Ferry Depot, Veterans Affairs Medical Center--San Francisco, California, WAPAMA, WAPAMA and Whittier Mansion.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the San Francisco County places including St. Helens Shipbuilding Co., Page A. Brown, Herbert M. Baruch, James H. Price, Walter D. Bliss, Edward R. Swain, William B. Faville, Russell Warren, Albert Wilford and Frederick Herman Meyer. Prominent architectural styles found in San Francisco Country are Beaux Arts, Stick/Eastlake and Art Deco.

Union Ferry Depot (added 1978 - - #78000760)

Also known as Ferry Building

Embarcadero at Market St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brown,Page A.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Rail-Related, Water-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

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Union Iron Works Historic District (added 2014 - - #14000150)

E. of Illinois between 18th & 22nd Sts., San Francisco

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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

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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

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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

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WAPAMA (added 1973 - - #73000228)

Also known as Steam Schooner WAPAMA;TONGASS

San Francisco Maritime State Historic Park, 2905 Hyde St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Price,James H., St. Helens Shipbuilding Co.

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Industry, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works, Water-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Warren, Russell, House (added 1983 - - #83003594)

465-467 Oak St. and 368 Lily St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Warren,Russell

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Waybur, Julian, House (added 2011 - - #11000143)

3232 Pacific Ave, San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

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Westerfeld, William, House (added 1989 - - #89000197)

1198 Fulton St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Geilfuss,Henry

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Western Manufacturing Company Building (added 2024 - - #100009717)

149 9th Street, San Francisco

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Area of Significance:

Architecture

Whelan, John A., House (added 2020 - - #100005794)

Also known as Four Seasons Houses?Winter

1315 Waller St., San Francisco

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Whittier Mansion (added 1976 - - #76000524)

Also known as California Historical Society Building

2090 Jackson St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Swain,Edward R.

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Museum

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Wilford, Albert, Houses (added 1985 - - #85001914)

2121 & 2127 Vallejo St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilford,Albert

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco (added 2004 - - #04000955)

Also known as Metropolitan Club

640 Sutter St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Faville, William B., Bliss, Walter D.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Hotel, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Hotel, Sport Facility

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Women's Building, The (added 2018 - - #100002359)

3543 18th Street, San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Asian, Black, Hispanic

Period of Significance:

1978-1994 AD

YMCA Hotel (added 1986 - - #86000148)

Also known as Whitehall Apartments

351 Turk St. , San Francisco

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Meyer,Frederick Herman

Architectural Style:

Chicago

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

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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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