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San Francisco County, California

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
210historic places
—earliest paper
1850formed
873,965pop. 2020
2cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 210 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 18 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near San Francisco, Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for California is not yet loaded on this site. Browse San Francisco titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

142 of 210 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

210 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
ALMA (Scow Schooner) NHLSan FranciscoStructure1975
APOLLO (Storeship)San FranciscoSite1991
Administration Building, Treasure IslandTreasure IslandBuilding2008
Alberta Candy FactorySan FranciscoBuilding2021
Alcatraz NHLSan FranciscoDistrict1976
Aquatic Park Historic District NHLSan FranciscoDistrict1984
Armour & Co. BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2009
Atherton HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1979
Audiffred BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1979
BALCLUTHA NHLSan FranciscoStructure1976
Baker and HamiltonSan FranciscoBuilding2005
Bank of Italy NHLSan FranciscoBuilding1978
Beach ChaletSan FranciscoBuilding1981
Belden, C. A., HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1983
Belt Railroad Engine House and SandhouseSan FranciscoBuilding1986
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation HospitalSan FranciscoBuilding2022
Building at 1735-1737 Webster StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1973
Building at 1813-1813B Sutter StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1973
Building at 1840-1842 Eddy StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1973
Building at 33-35 Beideman PlaceSan FranciscoBuilding1973
Building at 45-57 Beideman PlaceSan FranciscoBuilding1973
Building at 465 Tenth St.San FranciscoBuilding1999
Building at 735 Market StreetSan FranciscoBuilding2004
Buon Gusto Sausage FactorySan FranciscoBuilding2021
Burr HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2015
Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1982
C.A. THAYER (Additional Documentation) NHLSan FranciscoStructure1966
Calvary Presbyterian ChurchSan FranciscoBuilding1978
Camera ObscuraSan FranciscoBuilding2001
Central Embarcadero Piers Historic DistrictSan FranciscoBuilding2002
Chambord ApartmentsSan FranciscoBuilding1984
City of Paris BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1975
Coffin-Redington BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2001
Coit Memorial TowerSan FranciscoBuilding2008
Coit Memorial TowerSan FranciscoBuilding2018
Colombo BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2008
Compton's CafeteriaSan FranciscoBuilding2025
Dallam-Merritt HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1984
Delane HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1982
Doolan, Richard P., Residence and StorefrontsSan FranciscoBuilding2011
Drydock 4 Hunters Point Naval ShipyardSan FranciscoStructure2012
EUREKA NHLSan FranciscoStructure1973
Edwards, Frank G., HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1982
Engine House No. 31San FranciscoBuilding1988
Fairmont HotelSan FranciscoBuilding2002
Farallone IslandsSan FranciscoSite1977
Federal Office BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2017
Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoSan FranciscoBuilding1989
Ferry Station Post Office BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1978
Feusier Octagon HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1974
Fillmore-Pine BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1982
Fleishhacker, Delia, Memorial BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1979
Flood, James C., Mansion NHLSan FranciscoBuilding1966
Folger Coffee Company BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1996
Fort Mason Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1972
Fort Mason Historic District (Boundary Increase)San FranciscoDistrict1979
Fort Miley Military ReservationSan FranciscoDistrict1980
Fort Point National Historic SiteSan FranciscoDistrict1970
Four Fifty Sutter BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2009
Fuller Company Glass WarehouseSan FranciscoBuilding2001
GRIFFING'S, FREDERICK, (ship)San FranciscoSite1982
Geary TheatreSan FranciscoBuilding1975
Geilfuss, Henry, HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2017
Geneva Office Building and Power HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2010
Gibb, Daniel, & Co. WarehouseSan FranciscoBuilding1997
Girls ClubSan FranciscoBuilding1979
Glen Park BART StationSan FranciscoBuilding2019
Glide Memorial ChurchSan FranciscoBuilding2022
Golden Gate ParkSan FranciscoDistrict2004
Golden Gate Park ConservatorySan FranciscoBuilding1971
Goodman BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1975
Grabhorn Press BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1997
HERCULES (tugboat) NHLSan FranciscoStructure1975
Haas Candy FactorySan FranciscoBuilding2001
Haas-Lilienthal HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1973
Hale Brothers Department StoreSan FranciscoBuilding1986
Hale Brothers Department Store (Boundary Increase)San FranciscoBuilding2001
Hall of Transportation, Treasure IslandTreasure IslandBuilding2008
Hallidie BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1971
Haslett WarehouseSan FranciscoBuilding1975
Herald HotelSan FranciscoBuilding1982
Hobart BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2021
Hotel CalifornianSan FranciscoBuilding1998
House at 1239-1245 Scott StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1973
House at 1249-1251 Scott StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1973
House at 1254-1256 Montgomery StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1979
House at 1321 Scott StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1973
House at 1331-1335 Scott StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1973
House at 584 Page StreetSan FranciscoBuilding1985
Hunter-Dulin BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1997
Hunters Point Commercial Drydock Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict2012
Huntington HotelSan FranciscoBuilding2025
International HotelSan FranciscoBuilding1977
Jackson Brewing CompanySan FranciscoDistrict1993
Jackson Square Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1971
Japanese YWCASan FranciscoBuilding2020
Jessie Street SubstationSan FranciscoBuilding1974
KING PHILIP (ship) and REPORTER (schooner) Shipwreck SiteSan FranciscoSite1986
Kinmon GakuenSan FranciscoBuilding2026
Koshland HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1984
Krotoszyner, Dr. Martin M., Medical Offices and HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1985
LEWIS ARK (Houseboat)San FranciscoStructure1979
Lee, Don, BuildingSan FranciscoSite2001
Liberty Street Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1983
Lotta Crabtree FountainSan FranciscoObject1975
Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1991
Lydia, TheSan FranciscoSite1981
Market Street Theatre and Loft DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1986
Matson Building and AnnexSan FranciscoBuilding1995
McElroy Octagon HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1972
McMullen, John, HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1983
Mills Building and TowerSan FranciscoBuilding1977
Mish HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1979
Mission Cultural CenterSan FranciscoBuilding2020
Mission DoloresSan FranciscoBuilding1972
Moss Flats BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1983
Mutual Savings Bank BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2014
Myrtle Street FlatsSan FranciscoBuilding1976
NIANTIC (Storeship)San FranciscoSite1991
National Carbon Company BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1983
New Mission TheaterSan FranciscoBuilding2001
Ohlandt Newlyweds HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1994
Old Ohio Street HousesSan FranciscoBuilding1979
Old U.S. Mint NHLSan FranciscoBuilding1966
One Lombard StreetSan FranciscoBuilding2010
Otis Elevator Company BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1999
Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and AnnexSan FranciscoBuilding1995
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Substation JSan FranciscoBuilding1986
Paige Motor Car Co. BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1983
Palace of Fine ArtsSan FranciscoDistrict2005
Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure IslandTreasure IslandBuilding2008
Park View HotelSan FranciscoBuilding1983
Payne, Theodore F., HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1980
Pflueger, Timothy L., HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2022
Phelps, Abner, HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1979
Pier OneSan FranciscoBuilding1999
Pioneer Trunk Factory-C. A. Malm & Co.San FranciscoBuilding1987
Pioneer Woolen Mills and D. Ghirardelli CompanySan FranciscoBuilding1982
Point Lobos Archeological SitesSan FranciscoDistrict1976
Port of San Francisco Embarcadero Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict2006
Presidio NHLSan FranciscoBuilding1966
Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply SystemSan FranciscoBuilding1976
Quarters 1, Yerba Buena Island, Naval Training StationSan FranciscoBuilding1991
Quarters 10 and Building 267, Yerba Buena IslandYerba Buena IslandBuilding2008
Rialto BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2011
Rincon AnnexSan FranciscoBuilding1979
Roos HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2009
Russian Hill-Macondray Lane DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1988
Russian Hill-Paris Block Architectural DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1988
Russian Hill-Vallejo Street Crest DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1988
SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN NHLSan FranciscoStructure1978
SS RIO DE JANEIRO ShipwreckSan FranciscoSite1988
Sacred Heart Parish ComplexSan FranciscoDistrict2017
Saint John's Presbyterian ChurchSan FranciscoBuilding1996
San Francisco Art InstituteSan FranciscoBuilding2016
San Francisco Cable Cars NHLSan FranciscoStructure1966
San Francisco Central YMCASan FranciscoBuilding2018
San Francisco Civic Center Historic District NHLSan FranciscoDistrict1978
San Francisco Fire Department Engine Co. Number 2San FranciscoBuilding2002
San Francisco Juvenile Court and Detention HomeSan FranciscoBuilding2011
San Francisco Maritime National Historic SiteSan FranciscoDistrict1988
San Francisco National Guard Armory and ArsenalSan FranciscoBuilding1978
San Francisco Port of Embarkation, US Army NHLSan FranciscoDistrict1985
San Francisco Public Library North Beach BranchSan FranciscoBuilding2011
San Francisco State Teacher's CollegeSan FranciscoDistrict2008
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Additional Documentation)San FranciscoStructure2001
Schoenstein and Company Pipe Organ FactorySan FranciscoBuilding1978
Scott, Irving Murray, SchoolSan FranciscoBuilding1985
Second and Howard Streets DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1999
Senior Officers Quarters Historic District, Yerba Buena IslandYerba Buena IslandDistrict2008
Sinton HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2011
Six-Inch Rifled Gun No. 9San FranciscoObject1979
South San Francisco Opera HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2011
Southern Pacific Company Hospital Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict1989
Spencer, John, HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2005
St. Francis Wood Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict2022
St. Joseph's Church and ComplexSan FranciscoBuilding1982
St. Joseph's HospitalSan FranciscoBuilding1985
St. Luke’s Episcopal ChurchSan FranciscoBuilding2023
St. Paulus Lutheran ChurchSan FranciscoBuilding1982
Stadtmuller HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1976
Swedenborgian Church NHLSan FranciscoBuilding2004
Swedish American HallSan FranciscoBuilding2019
Temple Sherith IsraelSan FranciscoBuilding2010
The Real Estate Associates (TREA) HousesSan FranciscoBuilding1985
Tobin HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2009
Torpedo Storehouse-Torpedo (Mine) Assembly Building & Long Range Accuracy Storage BuildingYerba Buena IslandBuilding2008
Trinity Presbyterian ChurchSan FranciscoBuilding1982
Tubbs Cordage Company Office BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding1979
U.S. Appraisers Stores and Immigration StationSan FranciscoBuilding2013
U.S. CustomhouseSan FranciscoBuilding1975
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse NHLSan FranciscoBuilding1971
US MintSan FranciscoBuilding1988
USS CONESTOGA (shipwreck and remains)San FranciscoSite2016
USS PAMPANITO (submarine) NHLSan FranciscoStructure1986
Union Ferry DepotSan FranciscoBuilding1978
Union Iron Works Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict2014
Uptown Tenderloin Historic DistrictSan FranciscoDistrict2009
Veterans Affairs Medical Center-San Francisco, CaliforniaSan FranciscoDistrict2009
Warren, Russell, HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1983
Waybur, Julian, HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2011
Westerfeld, William, HouseSan FranciscoBuilding1989
Western Manufacturing Company BuildingSan FranciscoBuilding2024
Whelan, John A., HouseSan FranciscoBuilding2020
Whittier MansionSan FranciscoBuilding1976
Wilford, Albert, HousesSan FranciscoBuilding1985
Woman's Athletic Club of San FranciscoSan FranciscoBuilding2004
Women's Building, TheSan FranciscoBuilding2018
YMCA HotelSan FranciscoBuilding1986
Yerba Buena Island LighthouseSan FranciscoDistrict1991

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

San Francisco was formed in 1850 (1850-02-18) from unknown / original county.

SAN FRANCISCO created from non-county area; southern boundary with BRANCIFORTE (now SANTA CRUZ) was in dispute when the counties disagreed over the interpretation of the boundary description.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

San Francisco County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

874k465k57k1860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
56,802233,959342,782506,676634,536775,357740,316678,974776,733873,965

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Point Reyes National SeashorePark unit38.0 km
Golden Gate National Recreation AreaPark unit44.3 km
Golden Gate National Recreation AreaPark unit48.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

2 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 2 of 2 listed
NameLatLon
San Francisco National Cemetery37.79965-122.4644
Yerba Buena Cemetery (historical)37.7791-122.41358
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Sydney Town37.79715-122.40358

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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