Shipwrights' Cottage (San Francisco, California)

 cottage, 1875_construction, historic landmark

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The cottage was built by John Johnson Dircks, a shipwright and the original owner of what would become the Anderson & Cristofani Boatyard, in 1875 and he lived here until 1893. The property was then deeded to Carl J. Jorgenson, a ship carpenter. Members of the Jorgenson family, as well as the Siemers family, resided in the cottage at various times during the following few decades.

The Shipwright’s Cottage was incorporated into the adjacent Anderson & Cristofani Boatyard in 1923. While no residents were listed as living here during the 1930 and 1940 censuses, Carl Jorgenson was listed as living here until 1960. The cottage was then sold to Walter and Alice Anderson; Walter was partner in the adjacent Anderson & Cristofani Boatyard.

The property changed hands several times during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The house was ultimately donated to the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in 2007. The Shipwright’s Cottage was designated a San Francisco Article 10 landmark in 2008, and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic sold the building (along with the remainder of the 900 Innes Avenue property) to the City and County of San Francisco in 2014.

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