Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop

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Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop
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Location443 Folsom Street,
San Francisco, California, United States
Coordinates 37°47′15″N122°23′39″W / 37.787465°N 122.394106°W / 37.787465; -122.394106
Built1912;113 years ago (1912)
DesignatedJune 12, 1982 [1]
Reference no.149
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Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop (California)

Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop is a historic 1912 building in the Rincon Hill neighborhood at 443 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California, United States. [2] It remained an active blacksmith shop within multiple generations of the same family, from 1912 until 2017. [3]

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It has been listed by the city as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since 1992. [1] The building also has a historical marker, erected in 2005 by Capitulus Redivivus Verba Buena. [4]

History

The shop initially was opened by Fred V. Wilbert. [1] In 1928, Wilbert was joined by Edwin August Klockars (1898–1994), a blacksmith from the town of Munsmo in the Western Finland Province in Finland. [1] [5]

Tony Rosellini, the former son in-law of Edwin August Klockars, ran the blacksmith business from 1970 until its closure in 2017. [2] [3] There had been 2017 plans to restore the building and turn it into a retail marijuana shop, but as of 2023 the building remains unrestored as an art gallery. [3] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "San Francisco Landmark #149: Klockars' Blacksmith Shop". noehill.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Barmann, Jay (July 23, 2012). "Video: Inside San Francisco's Last Remaining Old-School Blacksmith Shop". SFist . Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 King, John (May 31, 2017). "SF blacksmith shop to become Weedsmith pot dispensary". San Francisco Chronicle . ISSN   1932-8672. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Klockars' Blacksmith Shop". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ Accardi, Catherine (2012). San Francisco Landmarks. Arcadia Publishing. p. 65. ISBN   978-0-7385-9580-1.
  6. ↑ "Klockars Blacksmith Shop". FoundSF. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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