San Francisco Landmarks

San Francisco Landmark 105: Market Street Railway Substation 24 May 2010
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San Francisco Landmark #105
Market Street Railway Substation
1190 Fillmore Street at Turk
Western Addition
Built 1902

This brick and sandstone substation was built at the beginning of the 20th Century when San Francisco's railways were converted from horse-drawn cars to electricity. It survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, and the Fillmore Street line was one of the first back in service.

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