Aquatic Park Historic District
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Aquatic Park Historic District
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San Francisco Maritime Museum
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| Location: | San Francisco, California |
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| Coordinates: | 37°48′23″N 122°25′26″W / 37.8063°N 122.424°WCoordinates: 37°48′23″N 122°25′26″W / 37.8063°N 122.424°W |
| Architect: | Works Progress Administration |
| Architectural style: | Moderne |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| NRHP Reference#: | 84001183 |
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| Added to NRHP: | January 26, 1984[1] |
| Designated NHLD: | May 28, 1987[2] |
Aquatic Park Historic District is a building complex on the San Francisco Bay waterfront in San Francisco, California, United States. It is located within San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and is itself a National Historic Landmark.
The district includes a beach, bathhouse, municipal pier, restrooms, concessions stand, stadia, and two speaker towers.[3]
It houses the San Francisco Maritime Museum in a Streamline Moderne (late Art Deco) building built as a public bathhouse. The building was originally built (starting in 1936) by the WPA as a public bathhouse, and its interior is decorated with fantastic and colorful murals. The Steamship Room illustrates the technological evolution of maritime power from wind to steam, while the second floor displays include three photomurals of the early San Francisco waterfront, lithographic stones, scrimshaw and whaling guns. The third floor gallery is used for visiting exhibitions and in 2005 exhibited "Sparks", an exhibition of shipboard radio, radiotelephone, and radioteletype technology.
In front of the Maritime Museum is a man-made lagoon on the site of the former Black Point Cove. To the west is the horseshoe shaped Municipal Pier. The lagoon is fronted by a sandy beach and a stepped concrete seawall. To the south is a grassy area known as Victorian Park which contains the Hyde Street cable car turnaround. Hyde Street Pier, though part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, is not part of Aquatic Park Historic District.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.[2][4][3]
The park is located at the foot of Polk Street, and a minute's walk from the visitor center and Hyde Street Pier, and its beach is one of the cleanest in the state.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Aquatic Park Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1873&ResourceType=District. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ a b ""Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Aquatic Park Historic District", by Laura Soullière Harrison". National Historic Landmark Theme Study. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/harrison/harrison29.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ James P. Delgado (February 1, 1984). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Aquatic Park Historic DistrictPDF (1.55 MiB). National Park Service and Accompanying 19 photos, exterior and interior, undated.PDF (1.28 MiB)
- ^ Carolyn Jones (May 27, 2010). "Bay Area beaches grade well for safe swimming". San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-05-27/news/21455974_1_bacteria-levels-raw-sewage-bay-area. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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- Historic districts in California
- National Historic Landmarks in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Geography of San Francisco, California
- Works Progress Administration in California
- Streamline Moderne architecture in California
- Buildings and structures in San Francisco, California
- National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
