Treasure Island Administration and Terminal Building – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Art Works, Auxiliary Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

‘The administration and terminal building is semicircular in plan, its court having a diameter of 86 feet. It is constructed entirely of reinforced concrete and is designed to resist earthquake shocks. It has 2 main floors and 2 mezzanine floors and is provided with a radio control room and an aerial beacon on top of the structure for eventual use in connection with the airfield.’–Short and Brown, p. 639.

Source notes

Short, C. W. (Charles Wilkins) and Stanley-Brown, R. (Rudolph). Public Buildings : a Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration. Washington, D.C. : Public Works Administration : U.S. G.P.O., 1939.

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, 2007: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/6b7c4fdb-880e-4208-aec8-2c6828b143d5

Location Info

Avenue of the Palms
San Francisco, CA 94130
San Francisco County

Location notes: Treasure Island
A WPA allocation of several million dollars funded the reclamation of the exposition site at Yerba Buena Shoal. A PWA program included construction of an administration building, ferry slips, two airplane hangars, an airport terminal building, a ferry terminal, five large exhibition buildings and paving of the site. 45% of the approximately 4 million dollars to accomplish this program came from the PWA, and the Exposition Company contributed 55%. (The Architect and Engineer. May 1936.) More Treasure Island Archive Photos available at https://newdeal.feri.org

Coordinates: 37.821400, -122.37500

At this Location:

View all sites at Treasure Island: Golden Gate International Exposition - San Francisco CA (7 Sites)

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