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It has 408 contributing buildings and covers roughly a 33-city block radius in downtown San Francisco. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Uptown Tenderloin Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 2009, for architecture and social history.
October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
The San Francisco Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and presentation of the history of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. [1] It is a membership-based organization that holds monthly speaking programs, conducts walking tours of San Francisco and publishes original research.
Ghirardelli Square is a landmark public square at the foot of Russian Hill and adjacent to the Aquatic Park Historic District in San Francisco.It is often considered to be part of the tourist attractions at nearby Fisherman's Wharf.
San Francisco, 1865–1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development. University of California Press. Richards, Rand (2007). Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide. ISBN 978-1879367050. Ryan, Mary P. (1997). Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City during the Nineteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press.
In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations. As of June 2024, the city had designated 318 structures or other properties as San Francisco Designated Landmarks. [1]
California Street (San Francisco) Calle 24 Latino Cultural District; Camp Alert (California) Carville, San Francisco; SS Charles L. Wheeler Jr. Chinese Americans in San Francisco; Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; Chung Fook v. White; Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples; The Chutes of San Francisco; City of Paris Dry Goods Co.
Main Post of the Presidio of San Francisco, as seen in 2018. The Society is currently headquartered in the Presidio of San Francisco. Pioneer Hall, which houses the museum and research library (open to the public on Fridays, the first Saturday of each month, or otherwise by appointment) is located in the historic Presidio Main Post at 101 Montgomery, Suite 150.