Historic Structure Report, Historical and Architectural Data: San Francisco Port of Embarkation Headquarters (FM-201), Fort Mason

Snow DE and Thompson EN. 1978. Historic Structure Report, Historical and Architectural Data: San Francisco Port of Embarkation Headquarters (FM-201), Fort Mason. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver, Colorado

Included in this report are the Architectural and Historical Data Sections of the Historic Structure Report as required by the Task Directive for Package 118 approved by the Western Regional Director on January 11, 1978. Alternatives for treatment and recommended treatments for FM -201 are presented in graphic as well as written form. Headquarters, San Francisco Port of Embarkation, Fort Mason, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, is identified as structure number FM -201. Fort Mason has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. This headquarters building has been listed on the nomination form as a historic structure possessing a national level of historical significance. All the actions proposed, therefore, must be in accordance with the procedures of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The proposed treatment for the structure is preservation with adaptive use. The building is significant as the World War II headquarters of the largest and most important U.S. Army Port of Embarkation on the Pacific Coast. Its interior is to be continued in adaptive use as the headquarters of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The structure is to be an in-place exhibit.

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Published Report
Authors
Snow, David; Thompson, Erwin
Date of Issue
1978-11
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
GOGA , PWR
Keywords
coastal defense, embarkation, fort, Fort Mason, Korean War, military, World War II
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 058208: Fort Baker Post Hospital , CRIS-HS: 005906: Fort Mason Construction Q'master/Post Headquarters

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