National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco
The PWA Art Moderne Appraisers Stores and the Renaissance Revival U.S. Custom House are separated by only thirty years.
27 April 2023
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Appraisal functions of the federal government have been maintained on this site since 1874. This building has maintained both appraisal and immigration functions, as the successor to the Angel Island Immigration Station, from its construction until the present time.
PWA (Public Works Administration) Art Moderne architectural style of the building exemplifies the progressive influences in architecture beginning at the end of the 1920s and continuing through 1940.