Dogpatch Historic District in San Francisco

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Dogpatch Historic District
Bounded by Mariposa, Tubbs, 3rd, and Indiana Streets
Designated December 2008

The following description of the Dogpatch Historic District is excerpted from the San Francisco Planning Code: Article 10, Appendix L .

The Dogpatch Historic District, an enclave of industrial workers' housing located east of Potrero Hill in San Francisco's Central Waterfront district, possesses a unique place and significance in the areas of architecture, history, and environment. The nine-block neighborhood is comprised of almost one-hundred flats and cottages, as well as several industrial, commercial, and civic buildings, most of which were erected between 1870 and 1930.

Dogpatch contains the oldest and most intact concentration of industrial workers' housing in San Francisco. No other district of San Francisco or California was industrialized to the degree of Potrero Point during the last quarter of the 19th Century. The shipyards and other maritime-related industries of Potrero Point required a steady supply of inexpensive immigrant labor in an area that was geographically cut off from the rest of the City. Local developers and landholders, including Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, responded to this need by constructing rows of inexpensive cottages and selling individual parcels to laborers and their families, allowing the neighborhood to develop as an informal company town.

Initially developed in the early 1870s, Dogpatch became the nucleus of the Potrero District that would evolve after the 1906 earthquake. Dogpatch is a moderately intact district of mostly Victorian and Edwardian-era workers' dwellings constructed between 1870 and 1910. Residences within the district reflect vernacular forms of architectural styles that were prevalent throughout the country, including Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, Eastlake and Classical Revival styles, or combinations thereof. The district has several clusters, and pairs of identical dwellings, including a group of thirteen identical Eastlake-style cottages based on the plans of San Francisco architect John Cotter Pelton, Jr.

The period of significance dates from 1867, the opening of Long Bridge and the beginning of construction in the neighborhood, to 1945, the end of World War II.

For more about the Central Waterfront, see Pier 70 San Francisco.

The following buildings are deemed contributory to the Historic District:

2300 3rd Street

2310 3rd Street

2342–2344 3rd Street

2476–2478 3rd Street

2500–2502 3rd Street

2518–2520 3rd Street

2620 3rd Street

2624–2626 3rd Street

2628–2632 3rd Street

2636–2638 3rd Street

707 18th Street

700–702 22nd Street

714 22nd Street

718 22nd Street

726–732 22nd Street

800–802 22nd Street

806 22nd Street

807 22nd Street

808–810 22nd Street

812–814 22nd Street

816–818 22nd Street

820–824 22nd Street

825–829 22nd Street

833 22nd Street

834–840 22nd Street

845 & 849 22nd Street

894–898 22nd Street

900–902 22nd Street

904–922 22nd Street

890–900 Minnesota Street

903 Minnesota Street

905 Minnesota Street

907 Minnesota Street

909 Minnesota Street

911 Minnesota Street

913 Minnesota Street

914–916 Minnesota Street

915 Minnesota Street

917–919 Minnesota Street

918 Minnesota Street

920–922 Minnesota Street

921 Minnesota Street

923 Minnesota Street

924–926 Minnesota Street

930–932 Minnesota Street

934 Minnesota Street

944–946 Minnesota Street

945–947 Minnesota Street

948–950 Minnesota Street

949–951 Minnesota Street

952–954 Minnesota Street

958 Minnesota Street

962–964 Minnesota Street

966–968 Minnesota Street

972–976 Minnesota Street

694 Tennessee Street

700–702 Tennessee Street

704 Tennessee Street

712–716 Tennessee Street

718–720 Tennessee Street

724–726 Tennessee Street

730–732 Tennessee Street

740 Tennessee Street

800–850 Tennessee Street

900 Tennessee Street

909 Tennessee Street

950 Tennessee Street

970 Tennessee Street

997–999 Tennessee Street

1002 Tennessee Street

1004 Tennessee Street

1008 Tennessee Street

1010 Tennessee Street

1011 Tennessee Street

1012 Tennessee Street

1014 Tennessee Street

1015–1021 Tennessee Street

1016–1018 Tennessee Street

1036 Tennessee Street

1042 Tennessee Street

1045–1047 Tennessee Street

1049–1051 Tennessee Street

1053 Tennessee Street

1059–1061 Tennessee Street

1060 Tennessee Street

1063–1065 Tennessee Street

1067 Tennessee Street

1074–1076 Tennessee Street

1077–1079 Tennessee Street

1078–1080 Tennessee Street

1100 Tennessee Street

1101–1103 Tennessee St

1104–1106 Tennessee Street

1105–1107 Tennessee Street

1108–1110 Tennessee Street

1109–1111 Tennessee Street

1112–1114 Tennessee Street

1113–1115 Tennessee Street

1116–1118 Tennessee Street

1133–1135 Tennessee Street

1139 Tennessee Street

1159–1163 Tennessee Street

1195 Tennessee Street

1199 Tennessee Street

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