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AKA: Saint Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, CA
Structure Type: built works - religious structures - churches
Designers: Shea and Shea, Architects (firm); Frank Thomas Shea (architect); William Dennis Shea Sr. (architect)
Dates: constructed 1916
Building Notes
Author Rand Richards, in his book, Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past, indicated the Swiss architectural origins of this building: "With its soaring tower, bracketed gambrel roof, and forceful wooden detailing, it looks like a lodge in the Swiss Alps. That is probably what inspired it. Father Ryan, the resident priest at the time, returned from a trip to Switzerland shortly before commissioning Frank Shea to carry out the design." (See Rand Richards, Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past,[San Francisco : Heritage House Publishers, 2002], p. 79.)
PCAD id: 2233
