Presidio Gate, Broadway Gate and Vicinity: Cultural Landscape Report

The Presidio of San Francisco, through both the National Register and National Historic Landmarks listings, has been recognized as significant in American history. Applicable National Register criteria include: A. Association with events that have made a significant contn"bution to the broad patterns of our history. C. Embodying the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or that possesses high artistic value, or that represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. D. Having yielded, or likely to yield, information important to history or prehistory. (Cultural Landscape Report, August 1993) As stated in the National Historic Landmark nomination update, "The Presidio of San Francisco is the oldest Army installation in the American West and one of the longest-garrisoned posts in the country. Over two hundred years of military occupation of the Presidio have resulted in the development of a complex historic district of several overlaid historic landscapes, each composed of buildings, structures, objects, sites, and features representing at least eight distinct phases of development ... The significance of the Presidio rests not only on resources within Post boundaries, but also on the preeminence of two adjacent and interrelated landscapes: the urban development of the City of San Francisco and the natural geography of San Francisco Bay. The spectacular siting of the Presidio, guarding the Golden Gate to San Francisco bay, is unequaled by any post in the country.

Presidio Gate, Broadway Gate and Vicinity: Cultural Landscape Report

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