Mechanics' Institute Pavilion #2, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA

Structure Type: built works - public buildings - assembly halls

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

Larkin Street and Hayes Street
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102
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The 1891 San Francisco, California, City Directory (p. 1498), indicated that the Mechanics' Pavilion stood on the southwest corner of Larkin and Grove Streets.

Building History

The Mechanics' Institute was founded in 1854 and has occupied a number of buildings in San Francisco during its existence. According to the organization's web site, it had an educational role from its beginning: "Founded just after the Gold Rush to provide technical education and training for mechanics and to promote local and California industry, the Institute today is a vibrant intellectual and cultural center serving the entire Bay Area." (See "Mechanics' Institute," accessed 09/04/2009.)

The Mechanics Institute Pavilion #1 stood at Market Street and 8th Street between 1874-1881.

Building Notes

The Mechanics' Institute Pavilion #2 was used as a makeshift hospital after the Great Earthquake of 1906.

PCAD id: 11490

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