National Register #04001137: Golden Gate Park in San Francisco

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National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco

Perforated Copper Façade of de Young Museum
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron
Photographed 1 February 2012
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National Register #04001137
Golden Gate Park Historic District
Bounded by Fulton, Stanyan, Fell, Oak, Lincoln Way and The Great Highway

Golden Gate Park contains thirty-seven contributing buildings, thirteen contributing structures, and thirty-six contributing objects. With an area of 10,170 acres, it the largest urban park in the United States.

Two buildings, the Conservatory of Flowers and the Beach Chalet, are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Conservatory is also California Historical Landmark 841.

Ten structures are city landmarks:

Name	Year	Address	Remarks	Sort Address	Sort Name
Alvord Bridge	1889	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 02	Alvord Bridge
Alvord Lake	1882	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 03	Alvord Lake
Alvord Lake Restroom	1930	Eastern Park	Built in 1930's	Eastern Park 04	Alvord Lake Restroom
Amundsen Monument	1929	Western Park		Western Park 05	Amundsen Monument
Anglers' Lodge and Flycasting Pools	1936	Polo Field and Stables		Polo 04	Anglers' Lodge and Flycasting Pools
Apple Cider Press	1894	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 19	Apple Cider Press
Archery Field	1938	Western Park		Western Park 01	Archery Field
Arguello Gate	1915	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 05	Arguello Gate
Arizona Garden	1894	Conservatory Valley		Conservatory Valley 04	Arizona Garden
Baseball Player	1891	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 11	Baseball Player
Beach Chalet	1902	Western Park		Western Park 04	Beach Chalet
Beach Chalet Soccer Fields		Western Park	Date unknown	Western Park 08	Beach Chalet Soccer Fields
Beach Chalet Soccer Fields Restroom	1930	Western Park	Built in 1930's	Western Park 09	Beach Chalet Soccer Fields Restroom
Beethoven Monument	1915	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 16	Beethoven Monument
Bercut Equitation Field		Western Park	Date unknown	Western Park 10	Bercut Equitation Field
Big Rec Baseball Grounds	1893	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 16	Big Rec Baseball Grounds
Big Rec Restroom	1930	Eastern Park	Built in 1930's	Eastern Park 17	Big Rec Restroom
Breon Gate (19th Avenue)	1924	Middle Park		Middle Park 01	Breon Gate (19th Avenue)
Bronze Lion	1906	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 14	Bronze Lion
Bronze Sundial	1907	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 12	Bronze Sundial
Brown Gate (Cougar and Bear)	1908	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 14	Brown Gate (Cougar and Bear)
Buffalo Paddock	1900	Middle Park		Middle Park 11	Buffalo Paddock
Burns Monument	1908	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 12	Burns Monument
Carousel	1941	Children's Quarters		Children's Quarters 03	Carousel
Carousel Building and Ticket Pavilion	1889	Children's Quarters		Children's Quarters 02	Carousel Building and Ticket Pavilion
Casino Meadow	1896	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 25	Casino Meadow
Cervantes Memorial	1916	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 09	Cervantes Memorial
Children's Quarters Restroom	1930	Children's Quarters	Built in 1930's	Children's Quarters 05	Children's Quarters Restroom
Conservatory of Flowers	1878	Conservatory Valley		Conservatory Valley 01	Conservatory of Flowers
Conservatory Valley	1872	Conservatory Valley		Conservatory Valley 02	Conservatory Valley
Dahlia Garden	1939	Conservatory Valley		Conservatory Valley 03	Dahlia Garden
Dog Training Field	1905	Middle Park		Middle Park 12	Dog Training Field
Doughboy	1930	John F Kennedy Drive		Kennedy	Doughboy
Doughboy Meadow	1930	John F Kennedy Drive		Kennedy	Doughboy Meadow
Dutch Windmill	1902	Western Park	San Francisco Landmark #147	Western Park 02	Dutch Windmill
Elk Glen Lake	1935	Middle Park	Date uncertain, probably 1935	Middle Park 16	Elk Glen Lake
Elk Glen Meadow		Middle Park	Date unknown	Middle Park 17	Elk Glen Meadow
Emmet Monument	1919	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 15	Emmet Monument
Father William D. McKinnon Monument	1927	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 13	Father William D. McKinnon Monument
Foresters of America Memorial	1927	Children's Quarters		Children's Quarters 06	Foresters of America Memorial
Francis Scott Key Monument	1888	Music Concourse	San Francisco Landmark #96	Music Concourse 20	Francis Scott Key Monument
Garfield Monument	1885	Conservatory Valley		Conservatory Valley 06	Garfield Monument
Giuseppi Verdi Monument	1914	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 17	Giuseppi Verdi Monument
Goethe and Schiller Monument	1901	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 18	Goethe and Schiller Monument
Gold Star Mothers Rock	1932	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 31	Gold Star Mothers Rock
Golden Gate Park Stables	1939	Polo Field and Stables	Six buildings	Polo 02	Golden Gate Park Stables
Golden Gate Park Stadium (Polo Field)	1906	Polo Field and Stables	Built 1906-1909	Polo 01	Golden Gate Park Stadium (Polo Field)
Grant Memorial	1896	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 11	Grant Memorial
Greenhouses		Maintenance Yard and Nursery		Maintenance Yard 03	Greenhouses
Halleck Monument	1886	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 10	Halleck Monument
Handball Courts	1902	Eastern Park	Built 1902-1937	Eastern Park 15	Handball Courts
Heroes Redwood Grove	1939	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 30	Heroes Redwood Grove
Horseshoe Court Bas Relief	1937	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 22	Horseshoe Court Bas Relief
Horseshoe Courts	1922	Eastern Park	Built 1922-1937	Eastern Park 21	Horseshoe Courts
Horseshoe Courts Restroom	1930	Eastern Park	Built in 1930's	Eastern Park 23	Horseshoe Courts Restroom
Japanese Tea Garden	1894	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 06	Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden Structures	1894	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 07	Japanese Tea Garden Structures
Kezar Pavilion	1926	Kezar Complex		Kezar 01	Kezar Pavilion
Lawn Bowling Clubhouse	1915	Eastern Park	San Francisco Landmark #181	Eastern Park 09	Lawn Bowling Clubhouse
Lawn Bowling Greens	1901	Eastern Park	Built 1901-1928	Eastern Park 08	Lawn Bowling Greens
Leonidas	1884	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 13	Leonidas
Lindley Meadow	1902	Middle Park		Middle Park 06	Lindley Meadow
Little Speedway Meadow		Middle Park	Date unknown	Middle Park 13	Little Speedway Meadow
Lloyd Lake	1892	Middle Park		Middle Park 02	Lloyd Lake
Maintenance Yard		Maintenance Yard and Nursery		Maintenance Yard 01	Maintenance Yard
Mallard Lake	1909	Middle Park		Middle Park 15	Mallard Lake
Marx Meadow	1907	Middle Park		Middle Park 05	Marx Meadow
McKinley Monument	1904	Panhandle		Panhandle 02	McKinley Monument
McLaren Lodge	1896	Eastern Park	San Francisco Landmark #175	Eastern Park 01	McLaren Lodge
Metson Lake	1906	Middle Park		Middle Park 14	Metson Lake
Middle Lake	1898	Middle Park	One of the Chain of Lakes	Middle Park 22	Middle Lake
Millwright's House	1909	Western Park	San Francisco Landmark #210	Western Park 07	Millwright's House
Model Yacht Club	1938	Middle Park		Middle Park 08	Model Yacht Club
Mothers Meadow		Middle Park	Date unknown	Middle Park 18	Mothers Meadow
Mothers Meadow Restroom	1936	Middle Park		Middle Park 19	Mothers Meadow Restroom
Murphy's Windmill	1905	Western Park	San Francisco Landmark #210	Western Park 06	Murphy's Windmill
Music Concourse	1900	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 01	Music Concourse
North Lake	1898	Middle Park	One of the Chain of Lakes	Middle Park 20	North Lake
North Lake Restroom	1930	Middle Park	Built in 1930's	Middle Park 21	North Lake Restroom
North Tunnel Under JFK Drive	1897	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 08	North Tunnel Under JFK Drive
Nursery	1924	Maintenance Yard and Nursery		Maintenance Yard 02	Nursery
Padre Junipero Serra Monument	1907	Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive		Hagiwara Tea Garden	Padre Junipero Serra Monument
Page Fountains	1914	Music Concourse	Two fountains	Music Concourse 04	Page Fountains
Panhandle	1872	Panhandle		Panhandle 01	Panhandle
Panhandle restroom	1930	Panhandle	Built in 1930's	Panhandle 03	Panhandle restroom
Park Emergency Aid Station	1902	Kezar Complex	San Francisco Landmark #201	Kezar 02	Park Emergency Aid Station
Park Police Stables	1936	Polo Field and Stables		Polo 03	Park Police Stables
Park Police Station	1910	Kezar Complex		Kezar 03	Park Police Station
Peacock Meadow	1895	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 24	Peacock Meadow
Pershing Monument	1922	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 21	Pershing Monument
Petanque Court	1907	Middle Park		Middle Park 10	Petanque Court
Phoebe Hearst Fountain	1926	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 05	Phoebe Hearst Fountain
Pioneer Log Cabin	1911	Stow Lake Drive		Stow Lake	Pioneer Log Cabin
Pioneer Mother	1914	Stow Lake Drive		Stow Lake	Pioneer Mother
Polo Field Restroom North	1930	Polo Field and Stables		Polo 05	Polo Field Restroom North
Polo Field Restroom South	1930	Polo Field and Stables		Polo 06	Polo Field Restroom South
Pool of Enchantment	1917	Music Concourse	Two bronze sculptures in a pool	Music Concourse 05A	Pool of Enchantment
Portals of the Past	1909	Middle Park		Middle Park 03	Portals of the Past
Powell Street Railway Shelter	1889	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 28	Powell Street Railway Shelter
Prayer Brook Cross	1894	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 36	Prayer Brook Cross
Quarry Lake	1902	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 26	Quarry Lake
Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden		Western Park	Date unknown	Western Park 03	Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden
Rainbow Falls and Cascade	1930	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 37	Rainbow Falls and Cascade
Rhododendron Dell	1942	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 29	Rhododendron Dell
Rideout Fountain	1924	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 03	Rideout Fountain
Roman Bridge	1893	Stow Lake Area		Stow Lake 02	Roman Bridge
Rustic Stone Bridge	1893	Stow Lake Area		Stow Lake 03	Rustic Stone Bridge
Senior Center (Formerly Police Academy)	1932	Middle Park		Middle Park 09	Senior Center (Formerly Police Academy)
Shakespeare Garden	1928	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 18	Shakespeare Garden
Sharon Building	1888	Children's Quarters	San Francisco Landmark #124	Children's Quarters 01	Sharon Building
Sharon Meadow	1870	Children's Quarters	1870's and 1880's	Children's Quarters 04	Sharon Meadow
South Lake	1898	Middle Park	One of the Chain of Lakes	Middle Park 23	South Lake
Speedway Meadow	1907	Middle Park		Middle Park 04	Speedway Meadow
Spreckels Lake	1904	Middle Park		Middle Park 07	Spreckels Lake
Spreckels Temple of Music	1900	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 02	Spreckels Temple of Music
Stanyon/Fulton Wall	1902	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 06	Stanyon/Fulton Wall
Stow Lake	1893	Stow Lake Area		Stow Lake 01	Stow Lake
Strybring Arboretum and Botanical Garden	1937	Strybring Arboretum		Strybring Arboretum	Strybring Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Sunken Meadow		Eastern Park	Date unknown	Eastern Park 19	Sunken Meadow
Sunken Meadow Restroom	1930	Eastern Park	Built in 1930's	Eastern Park 20	Sunken Meadow Restroom
Tennis Courts	1901	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 07	Tennis Courts
Thomas Starr King Monument	1892	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 23	Thomas Starr King Monument
Tree Fern Dell	1939	Eastern Park		Eastern Park 27	Tree Fern Dell
Tunnel Under Main Drive	1890	Conservatory Valley		Conservatory Valley 05	Tunnel Under Main Drive
Two Sphinxes	1903	Music Concourse		Music Concourse 10	Two Sphinxes

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