National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco
The Presidio of San Francisco was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 13, 1962.
At that time, the Landmark was recognized primarily as a significant Spanish colonial military settlement in Alta California. It was secondarily recognized for its long military occupation by the United States Army since 1846.
The only historic resource identified was the Officers' Club, because it was reputed to be the Spanish comandante's quarters and original adobe remained hidden within the walls.
In 1970 the Commanding General of the 6th Army and the National Park Service agreed that the entire military reservation was within the Landmark boundary. The National Park Service Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation noted: It is the total scene that is recognized at the Presidio; structures not of much merit might well be regarded as essential to the total fabric.
The Presidio was clearly seen by the National Park Service as a district of sites, buildings, structures, and objects. The Army was encouraged to conduct a comprehensive survey to identity the contributing resources of the Presidio National Historic Landmark district for the public record and management.
The historic district contains 662 contributing buildings and 504 noncontributing buildings.
The period of historic significance is 1776-1945. Some important dates during this period are:
1776 Presidio founded by Spain
1793 Castillo de San Joaquin built
1822 Presidio transferred from Spain to Mexico
1846 Mexico's loss of California to the United States
1847 United States troops stationed at Presidio
1850 Presidio becomes United States Army reservation
1853 United States builds Ft. Point
1861 Civil War begins
1865 Civil War ends
1881 First rail service between Presidio and San Francisco
1884 Post Cemetery becomes National Cemetery
1889 Establishment of lifesaving station
1893 Endicott Era defense system
1895 Golf course built
1896 Perimeter stone gates and walls built
1898 Spanish-American War begins
1899 Spanish-American War ends
1910 Fort Winfield Scott established
1914 World War I begins
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
1917 United States enters into World War I
1918 World War I ends
1921 Crissy Field established
1929 Great Depression
1933 Golden Gate Bridge construction begins
1933 "Restoration" of the supposed Comandancia
1934 WPA projects on Post begin
1939 World War II begins
1941 United States enters into World War II
Adapted from the NRHP Form dated 28 October 1992.
The Presidio of San Francisco, is also California Historical Landmark 79 and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Name | Year | Address | Remarks | Sort Address | Sort Name |
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Battery Chamberlin | 1902 | No 1621 | NRHP Listing | B1621 | Battery Chamberlin |
Battery Commander's Station | 1904 | Bldg 1622 | Erected to control Battery Chamberlin's four guns. | B1622 | Battery Commander's Station |
Battery Crosby | 1900 | No 1630 | Partially buried reinforced-concrete Endicott-period battery for two 6-inch disappearing guns | B1630 | Battery Crosby |
Old Mine Casemate | 1912 | No 1600 | Built to control one of the submarine mine fields outside the Golden Gate. | B1600 | Old Mine Casemate |
Battery Blaney | 1901 | No 635 | Three gun emplacements just north of the San Francisco National Cemetery | B0635 | Battery Blaney |
Electrical Substation | 1908 | Bldg 680 | B0680 | Electrical Substation | |
Enlisted Barracks with Mess | 1902 | Bldg 682 | B0682 | Enlisted Barracks with Mess | |
Stables | 1911 | Bldgs 661-663 | B0661 | Stables | |
Stables | 1913 | Bldgs 667-668 | B0667 | Stables | |
Battery Sherwood | 1899 | No 636 | Structure flanked by two elevated command and observation posts, reached by stairways. Notable features include massive buttresses, elevated walkways, underground magazines and plotting stations, and original solid-wood doors. | B0636 | Battery Sherwood |
Boathouse, Fort Point Life Saving Station | 1889 | Bldg 1902 | B1902 | Boathouse, Fort Point Life Saving Station | |
Station-Keeper's Residence, Fort Point Life Saving Station | 1889 | Bldg 1901 | B1901 | Station-Keeper's Residence, Fort Point Life Saving Station | |
Battery Boutelle | 1900 | No 1651 | B1651 | Battery Boutelle | |
Battery Godfrey | 1892 | No 1647 | B1647 | Battery Godfrey | |
Battery Lancaster | 1898 | No Number | The only heavy-caliber guns at the Presidio that could bear directly on the Golden Gate Strait | B9999 | Battery Lancaster |
Battery Marcus Miller | 1891 | No 1660 | First Endicott-type gun emplacement to be undertaken around San Francisco Harbor | B1660 | Battery Marcus Miller |
Fire Control Station | 1911 | Bldg 1663 | B1663 | Fire Control Station | |
Fire Control Station | 1911 | Bldg 1664 | B1664 | Fire Control Station | |
Fire Control Station for Battery Godfrey | 1911 | Bldg 1662 | B1662 | Fire Control Station for Battery Godfrey | |
Mine Loading Houses | 1908 | Bldgs 985 and 986 | B0985 | Mine Loading Houses | |
Mine Storehouse | 1908 | Bldg 979 | B0979 | Mine Storehouse | |
Plumbing Shop | 1909 | Bldg 989 | B0989 | Plumbing Shop | |
Warehouse | 1908 | Bldg 983 | B0983 | Warehouse | |
Battery Cranston | 1897 | No 1661 | A pair of 10-inch guns on Model 1896 on disappearing carriages | B1661 | Battery Cranston |
Battery Dynamite | 1894 | No 1399 | One of two coastal batteries in the US to mount experimental dynamite guns which used compressed air to fire charges of high explosive | B1399 | Battery Dynamite |
Battery Howe-Wagner | 1893 | No 1287 | B1287 | Battery Howe-Wagner | |
Battery McKinnon-Stotsenberg | 1897 | No 1430 | Originally mounted sixteen 12-inch mortars in four gun pits arranged in a linear formation. | B1430 | Battery McKinnon-Stotsenberg |
Battery Saffold | 1896 | No 1354 | Two 12-inch guns on Model 1896 on non-disappearing carriages | B1354 | Battery Saffold |
Fort Winfield Scott Headquarters | 1910 | Bldg 1201 | B1201 | Fort Winfield Scott Headquarters | |
Fort Winfield Scott Parade Ground | 1909 | No 1223 | B1223 | Fort Winfield Scott Parade Ground | |
Ordnance Repair Shop | 1900 | Bldg 1339 | B1339 | Ordnance Repair Shop | |
Animal House | 1910 | Bldg 1056 | House laboratory animals used at Letterman General Hospital | B1056 | Animal House |
Detention Ward | 1909 | Bldg 1051 | Early example on post of the use of reinforced concrete construction | B1051 | Detention Ward |
Officers' Family Housing | 1902 | Bldg 1000 | B1000 | Officers' Family Housing | |
Officers' Family Housing | 1902 | Bldg 1001 | B1001 | Officers' Family Housing | |
Officers' Family Housing | 1908 | Bldg 1002 | Little altered save for enclosure of the veranda and porch after 1910 | B1002 | Officers' Family Housing |
Officers' Family Housing | 1908 | Bldgs 1003 and 1004 | Little modified save for enclosure of the verandas | B1003 | Officers' Family Housing |
Barracks | 1862 | Bldgs 86 and 87 | Originally a barracks then a wagon shop | B0086 | Barracks |
Barracks | 1885 | Bldg 36 | B0036 | Barracks | |
Enlisted Barracks with Mess | 1912 | Bldg 35 | Largest barracks on Post at the time of its construction. Became 9th Corps Area Headquarters offices about 1921 and later served as 4th Army Headquarters. | B0035 | Enlisted Barracks with Mess |
Garrison Chapel | 1864 | Bldg 45 | B0045 | Garrison Chapel | |
Hospital | 1863 | Bldg 2 | B0002 | Hospital | |
Magazine | 1863 | Bldg 95 | Built of local stone | B0095 | Magazine |
Main Parade Ground | 1893 | No 94 | B0094 | Main Parade Ground | |
Officers' Family Housing | 1879 | Bldg 4 | Similar to buildings 5-16 | B0004 | Officers' Family Housing |
Officers' Family Housing | 1862 | Bldgs 5-16 | Each cottage housed three officers. | B0005 | Officers' Family Housing |
Officers' Family Housing | 1882 | Bldg 49 | Originally a schoolhouse, remodeled in the Spanish Colobnioal style after 1942 | B0049 | Officers' Family Housing |
Officers' Family Housing | 1885 | Bldgs 56-59 | Among the few Presidio buildings with Stick Style and Queen Anne decorative features reflecting the aesthetic emphasis in Presidio architecture and planning by the 1880s | B0056 | Officers' Family Housing |
Officers' Family Housing | 1889 | Bldgs 51 and 54 | Modest houses perhaps patterned after buildings at Fort Thomas in the Arizona Territory none of which survives | B0051 | Officers' Family Housing |
Pershing Hall | 1903 | Bldg 42 | Constructed as as bachelor officers' quarters | B0042 | Pershing Hall |
Post Trader | 1885 | Bldg 116 | Forerunner of the modern post exchange and commissary | B0116 | Post Trader |
Arguello Boulevard Gate | 1896 | No 301 | B0301 | Arguello Boulevard Gate | |
Broadway Entrance | 1896 | No 578 | B0578 | Broadway Entrance | |
Lombard Street Entrance | 1896 | No 575 | B0575 | Lombard Street Entrance | |
Presidio Boulevard Entrance | 1896 | No 574 | B0574 | Presidio Boulevard Entrance | |
S. Domingo Bronze Cannon | 1628 | S. Domingo Bronze Cannon |