- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Recreation Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
As park of extensive improvements around Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a clubhouse for the San Francisco Model Yacht Club, the members of which sail their elaborate model boats on Spreckels Lake across the road.
The WPA report of 1939 included this description: “…a small club house with rest rooms, lockers, storage and repair room for toy boats at Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park. The club house is placed in a picturesque setting and affords a delightful resting place for women and children. The club has stimulated great interest in the sport among young men and adults.” Healy, p.68.
The building is a single-story Mission Revival structure with red tile roof but touches of Art Deco around the entrance and in the glass bricks, as well as the interior floor inlays.
Source notes
Healy, Clyde E. San Francisco Improved: Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939. p. 70.
Timothy Keegan. "W.P.A. Construction in San Francisco (1935-1942)." The Argonaut Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 2003. online at: https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=W.P.A._Construction_in_San_Francisco_%281935-1942%29
Site originally submitted by Gray Brechin on June 17, 2010.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
Site Details
Total Cost |
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$15,719.00 |
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