1150 Francisco Street

1. 1900

   Built.

2. 1921

   Galileo High School opened here, four blocks west of Columbus Avenue, and was a point of pride for a neighborhood that had campaigned for its own high school.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
3. 1938

   The Works Progress Administration built an underpass beneath Bay Street connecting Galileo High School to its playing fields on the adjoining block, finished in 1938.

   San Francisco New Deal Historic Context Statement, adopted 2023
4. October 31, 1968

   Galileo High School was the largest high school in the city, about 3,000 students, and so short of space that it also used Army buildings at Fort Mason on a temporary basis.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
5. January 11, 1973

   Galileo High School covered two square blocks and was overcrowded, with some students in temporary classrooms at Fort Mason.

   San Francisco City Planning Commission minutes, San Francisco Public Library (Internet Archive)
6. Jul 2002

   Issued Permit M21059 $$$ $100,000

   Streetspace.

7. Feb 2003

   Issued Permit M22891

   Streetspace.

4 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits are omitted from the timeline. 2 expired permits are not shown. The assessor dates the building to 1900; Planning's historic resource survey records 1925.