Historic Walking Tour Guide: Dogpatch Landmark District

One-sheet walking tour of the Dogpatch Landmark District in San Francisco. Features seven stops: Potrero Police Station, 934 Minnesota Street, 917 Minnesota Street, 833 22nd Street, Riordan's Warehouse, Pelton Cottages, I.M. Scott School. From introduction: "The Dogpatch Landmark District, an area formerly known as Dutchman’s Flat, is a nine-block enclave of industrial workers’ housing located in San Francisco’s Central Waterfront area. The neighborhood is comprised of almost 100 flats and cottages, as well as commercial, industrial and civic buildings. The blocks that surround Dogpatch were more heavily industrialized than almost any other neighborhood in San Francisco, and Dogpatch provided much-needed worker housing within easy walking distance of industrial employment. The shipyards, rope factories, canneries and other industries that grew up around Potrero Point required a steady supply of inexpensive labor in an area that was geographically remote from the established working-class residential districts of the city. District homes reflect vernacular forms of architectural styles that were prevalent throughout the country, including Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, Stick/Eastlake and Classical Revival styles, or combinations thereof. Several clusters of identical dwellings, surrounded by industrial buildings, help to impart the working class feel of the neighborhood. The most important surviving cluster is a group of thirteen identical, cottages on Tennessee and Minnesota Streets, whose unusual designs were based on a series of free architectural plans produced by San Francisco architect John Cotter Pelton, Jr., between 1880 and 1883. Pelton developed several variations of a four-room cottage plan and offered the plan and design freely so that his dwellings could be erected to encourage housing opportunities for the working class and middle class." Funding for this project was provided in part through a 2010 Preserve America grant to the City of San Francisco (grant number 06-10-AP-5034) for the Market and Octavia Historic Resource Preservation Project. The grant was administered by the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Preserve America is a federal initiative that encourages and supports community efforts to preserve and enjoy our priceless cultural and natural heritage. The goals of the program include a greater shared knowledge about the nation's past, strengthened regional identities and local pride, increased local participation in preserving the country's cultural and natural heritage assets, and support for the economic vitality of our communities.

Historic Walking Tour Guide: Dogpatch Landmark District

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