Balboa High School

1. 1927–1928

   The first unit of Balboa High School — the academic building and shops — was built to designs by the city architect John Reid Jr., for a Spanish Colonial Revival school laid out for fresh air and sunshine and named for Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
2. 1928

   Balboa High School, designed by John Bakewell Jr.

   Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
3. 1928–1929

   The second unit — gymnasia, cafeteria and a shop addition — was built to designs by Samuel Lightner Hyman and A. Appleton.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. August 1928

   The school opened with 653 students and 23 teachers. Its later graduates include the conductor Calvin Simmons, the science-fiction writer Forrest Ackerman and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
5. 1930–1931

   The third unit — an academic building, auditorium and athletic field — was built to designs by Bakewell & Weihe; the whole school had cost almost $1.5 million when it was completed in 1934.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
6. October 6, 1994

   On a transmittal from the Board of Supervisors, the City Planning Commission approved, 4-2, designating Balboa High School as City Landmark No. 205.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
7. 1995

   Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 205, Balboa High School.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
8. Sep 2007

   Issued Permit M87624

   Streetspace.

5 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline.