Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

1. 1900

   Built.

2. November 1900

   The Archdiocese of San Francisco established the Most Holy Redeemer parish to serve the Irish, German and Italian Catholic population of Eureka Valley, holding the first services in the then-vacant Eureka Valley Hall on Hartford Street.

   Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
3. 1901

   The completed church held a parish hall in the basement, a sanctuary seating 750 people and a scheme of classical interior ornament. Some time after 1955 it lost its south tower and the dome and cupola on the north tower.

   Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement, adopted 2017
4. 1977

   Most Holy Redeemer, the Catholic parish church of the Castro; a protest march stopped here on 7 June 1977 after the Dade County gay rights repeal, and from 1983 an outreach committee of gay parishioners changed the congregation, which by the mid-1980s ran an active ministry to people with AIDS.

   Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
5. April 2, 2025

   Named a landmark candidate

   Put forward as a candidate for individual landmark designation at a District 8 community forum held by the district supervisor and San Francisco Planning, one of twenty-one buildings on the list.

   Corbett Heights Neighbors, "May Neighborhood News", Vol. VII, No. 5 (1 May 2025)

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline.