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San Francisco Maritime Museum (San Francisco, California)

USA / California / San Francisco / San Francisco, California / Beach Street, 900
 museum, Streamline Moderne (architecture), interesting place, Art Deco (architecture), historic landmark, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

The Streamline Moderne building was originally built (starting in 1936) by the WPA as a public bathhouse to a design by William Mooser. Its interior is decorated with fantastic and colorful murals. The Steamship Room illustrates the technological evolution of maritime power from wind to steam, whilst the second floor displays include three photomurals of the early San Francisco waterfront, lithographic stones, scrimshaw and whaling guns. The third floor gallery is used for visiting exhibitions.

The museum is a part of the Aquatic Park Historic District, a national historic landmark.

www.nps.gov/safr/
www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/archives/back...
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Coordinates:   37°48'23"N   122°25'26"W

Comments

  • OrinRJ
    Been closed now for quite some time... "permanent" repairs, so methinks.
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