Bay Area Architects: August Nordin

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August Nordin ((1869-1936)

Swedish-American Hall at 2168-2174 Market Street was designed by August Nordin and built in 1907 25 January 2016
The Swedish-American Hall is a San Francisco landmark.

August Nordin was born in in 1869 in Stockholm, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States in 1891. By 1908, he had set up practice in the Mills Building where he remained until his death in 1936. During his career, he designed more than three hundred buildings, including fraternal halls, churches, apartment houses, multi-family dwellings and private residences.

Nordin worked directly with the owners of the buildings he designed rather than for developers. He designed buildings in most of the architectural styles that were popular in the first half of the 20th century: Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Art Nouveau, Spanish Colonial Revival and Craftsman.

Source: San Francisco Landmark Designation Report for New Era Hall

Name	Year	Address	City	Sort Address	Sort Name
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Ebenezer Church (Destroyed by fire in 1993)	1895	Dolores and 15th Streets	San Francisco	Dolores 0200	Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Ebenezer Church (Destroyed by fire in 1993)
Altamonte Hotel	1912	3048 16th Street	San Francisco	!Street 016	Altamonte Hotel
Residence on Cabrillo Street	1912	435 Cabrillo Street	San Francisco	Cabrillo 0435	Residence on Cabrillo Street
Lange House	1900	199 Carl Street	San Francisco	Carl 0199	Lange House
Residence on Cole Street	1904	847-851 Cole Street	San Francisco	Cole 847	Residence on Cole Street
Residence on Cole Street	1904	853-857 Cole Street	San Francisco	Cole 853	Residence on Cole Street
Windeler Apartments	1915	424 Ellis Street	San Francisco	Ellis 0424	Windeler Apartments
Whiteside Apartments	1912	150 Franklin Street	San Francisco	Franklin 0150	Whiteside Apartments
Residence on Fultan Street	1902	1080-1082 Fulton Street	San Francisco	Fulton 1080	Residence on Fultan Street
Residence on Fultan Street	1902	1086-1088 Fulton Street	San Francisco	Fulton 1086	Residence on Fultan Street
Buena Vista Cafe Building	1911	2761 Hyde Street	San Francisco	Hyde 2761	Buena Vista Cafe Building
New Era Hall	1906	2117-2123 Market Street	San Francisco	Market 2117	New Era Hall
Swedish-American Hall	1907	2168 Market Street	San Francisco	Market 2168	Swedish-American Hall
Mixed-Use Building	1917	295 Miramar Avenue	San Francisco	Miramar	Mixed-Use Building
Cristobol Apartments	1913	750 O’Farrell Street	San Francisco	O’Farrell Street 0750	Cristobol Apartments
Parking Garage	1919	675 Post Street	San Francisco	Post 0675	Parking Garage
Twin Oaks Hotel	1907	1010 Post Street	San Francisco	Post 1010	Twin Oaks Hotel
Trinity English Evangelical Lutheran Church	1907	722 South Van Ness Avenue	San Francisco	Souuh Van Ness 0722	Trinity English Evangelical Lutheran Church

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