Ferry Station Post Office Building | |
.jpg) Ferry Station Post Office in 2008 | |
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| Location | 101The Embarcadero atMission St.,San Francisco, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′39″N122°23′28″W / 37.79417°N 122.39111°W /37.79417; -122.39111 |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1915 (1915) |
| Architect | A. A. Pyle |
| Architectural style | Mediterranean |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000756 |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 1978 |
TheFerry Station Post Office Building, also known as theAgriculture Building, is a historic building inSan Francisco, California,United States. It was added to theU.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The building is located on theEmbarcadero in theSoMa District, at the foot ofMission Street.[1][2] Designed byA. A. Pyle of the California Board of State Harbor Commissioners, it is a two-story steel-framed building[3] inMediterranean Revival style reminiscent of apalazzo,[4] of brick withtrompe-l'œil stone trim ofterracotta.[1][2] It has a reinforced concrete foundation resting on a wharf built at the same time and supported on wood pilings.[3] An arch over the double entrance doors has a phoenix and a flagpole in the center. The upper story is decorated with two terracotta shields and with patterned brick panels.[3]
It was constructed in 1915 as the main post office for San Francisco, with mail arriving by water and then being distributed bystreetcar.[1] Construction cost $31,981.50; the contract was signed on October 22, 1914, and it was completed on May 6, 1915.[3] It was enlarged at the rear in 1918. In 1925 it ceased to be a post office and was used for transportation company offices; in 1933 it was transferred to the stateAgriculture Department.[3][4] It wasAmtrak's San Francisco terminal, withbuses connecting to trains atOakland andEmeryville,[2] until March 2015, when this moved to the Temporary TransBay Terminal pending completion of theTransbay Transit Center.[5]
The Ferry Station Post Office Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978.[1]
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