Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building

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Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building
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Location Hyde St. Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°48′35″N122°25′11″W / 37.80972°N 122.41972°W / 37.80972; -122.41972 Coordinates: 37°48′35″N122°25′11″W / 37.80972°N 122.41972°W / 37.80972; -122.41972
Built 1890
Architect Tubbs Cordage Co.
NRHP reference # 79000254
Added to NRHP November 6, 1979 [1]

The Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building is a small frame structure located in San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, in the Fisherman's Wharf district of San Francisco, California.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places

The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located in San Francisco, California, United States. The park includes a fleet of historic vessels, a visitor center, a maritime museum, and a library/research facility. The park used to be referred to as the San Francisco Maritime Museum, however the former 1951 name changed in 1978 when the collections were acquired by the National Park Service. Today's San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park was authorized in 1988; the maritime museum is among the park's many cultural resources. The park also incorporates the Aquatic Park Historic District, bounded by Van Ness Avenue, Polk Street, and Hyde Street.

Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco Neighborhood of San Francisco in City and County of San Francisco, California, United States

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History

The 1890 structure was originally located at the Tubbs Cordage factory, at 611-613 Front Street, San Francisco. It was moved to Hyde Street Pier for display and preservation in 1963, and moved again in 1990.

The Tubbs Cordage Company Office is of local historical significance in the category of industry due to its association with the Tubbs Cordage Company and its rope factory founded in San Francisco by Alfred L. Tubbs and his brother Hiram where the first commercial manufacture of rope on the Pacific Coast was accomplished.

Alfred Lovering Tubbs (1827-1896) was a pioneering entrepreneur who founded Chateau Montelena Winery in Calistoga, California.

Description

The office is a small, single-story, single-room office building (with the addition, after the historic period, of a small closet, with a sink and toilet, as well as an office cubicle). The exterior is painted a dark brownish-red, common on industrial buildings in the last century, and sometimes referred to as "mineral" red or "iron" red, with white trim. This was the color scheme of the office at the time of its move to Hyde Street Pier. The structure stands by itself at the pier, just as it did on the original site.

Rectangular in shape, the building dimensions are 21 by 26 feet. There is no basement, and the structure rests upon redwood sills. One story high, the building is framed with redwood siding. [2] [3]

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References

  1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-17.
  3. James P. Delgado and Gordon S. Chappell (October 6, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building" (pdf). National Park Service.