Historic American Buildings Survey: The Presidio of San Francisco, 1776 - 1976

Knowles H. 1976. Historic American Buildings Survey: The Presidio of San Francisco, 1776 - 1976. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

This compilation of manuscripts, extracts from books and documents, illustrations and maps dealing with various aspects of the history of the Presidio of San Francisco is a result of two concerns. First, at a time when planning pertaining to Golden Gate National Recreation Area was focusing increased attention on the history of its component lands including the Presidio, there was little readily available information on Presidio history to guide planners, managers, and park interpreters, and a Historic Resources Study then in preparation would not deal with many aspects of Presidio history beyond structural history. Second, the National Park Service had one brittle, yellowing and badly "dog-eared" carbon copy of an old manuscript prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey which merited wider distribution within the National Park Service to insure its preservation, as in the past material of this sort has occasionally been lost or destroyed in one of many periodic "housecleanings" of government files and libraries, a practice which in a few extreme instances has necessitated duplication of work already accomplished. The inclusion of the entire Presidio in the new recreation area in 1972 rendered this need particularly acute. Photographs, drawings, sketches, prints, plans, and historical descriptive data bearing on the physical features of the buildings thereof as they appeared under Spanish and Mexican rule, 1776-1846.

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Published Report
Authors
Knowles, Howard
Date of Issue
1976
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
GOGA , HIST , PWR
Keywords
Administration, California, Cultural, Cultural Resources, Description, ehistory, fort, History, Military, Presidio, San Francisco

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