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909 Tennessee Street

Dogpatch · San Francisco, CA 94107

Built 1900
Industrial building
Zoned P
District 10
Historic status: historic resource

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5,007 sq ftLot area

early 1880s

The San Francisco Fire Department's first Dogpatch firehouse, an Eastlake wood-frame Station #16, stood at 1009 Tennessee Street until this building superseded it.

Dogpatch Historic Context Statement, adopted 2001

Land $1,342,667 Improvements $335,663

Total assessed $1,678,330

At a glance

Known asFire Station No. 16

ArchitectJohn Reid, Jr., City Architect

Completed1925

ParcelBlock 4108, Lot 036

Last saleApril 26, 2011

Historic statusCEQA A — historic resource

Permits on fileNone

Dogpatch Historic District Survey (2001)

One of four public and civic buildings still standing in Dogpatch in 2001, and one of at least five San Francisco firehouses by the same City Architect, who also designed the police station and emergency hospital a block away.

Article 10 city landmark district

Dogpatch

Significant 1867–1945

Listed on the California Register
Not on the National Register

Not yet documented: the developer and the early tenants. The assessor's roll gives 1900; the 2001 Dogpatch survey dates the firehouse to 1925. Submit an update