Treasure Island Airplane Hangars – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Art Works, Infrastructure and Utilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Airports

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

Description

‘These twin hangars were constructed for permanent use to be part of a future flying field but were made available for temporary use by the exposition. Each structure has mechanically operated doors 200 feet wide and 40 feet high with a possible increase in height to 65 feet at the centers. A one-story shop wing 40 feet wide extends along one side of each building. The two structures were completed in June 1938 at a total cost for both of $709,239.’–Short and Brown, p. 534.

The west hangar was the Hall of Transportation and the east hangar was the Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts for the Golden Gate International Exposition.

“Treasure Island was originally intended to be a municipal airport after the fair, but was turned over to the US Navy when World War II began.”
https://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/yerbabuena/aybi_military.htm

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.

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

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