St. Joseph's Hospital (San Francisco)

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St. Joseph's Hospital
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Location355 Buena Vista Ave. East,
San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°46′3″N122°26′19″W / 37.76750°N 122.43861°W / 37.76750; -122.43861
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1928 (1928)
ArchitectBakewell & Brown
Architectural styleSpanish Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No. 85001016 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 1985

St. Joseph's Hospital is a historic building and a former church hospital, located at 355 Buena Vista Avenue East in San Francisco, California. [2] It was built in 1928 by architects Bakewell and Brown in a Spanish Renaissance Revival style. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1985. [3]

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History

St. Joseph's Hospital was founded at this location in 1889, and was built by a charitable donation to the Catholic church. [2] The Franciscan Sisters provided medical care and administration and some of the patients were given care on a charity basis. [2]

The hospital was delicensed on September 6, 1979, [3] and was eventually converted to condominium apartments. The exterior of the buildings was preserved in the conversion. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "National Register #85001016: St. Joseph's Hospital in San Francisco, California". noehill.com. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Ron Filion (March 4, 2001). "Re: St Joseph's Hospital". SFGenealogy., itself citing San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 1979, page 30.
  4. "PCAD - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, Saint Joseph's Hospital #2, Buena Vista Park, San Francisco, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved August 17, 2023.