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Overview

The Hobbs, Gilmore and Company wooden box factory operated in San Francisco between 1861 and 1867, at least, on Market Street. The firm also sold "native wines," brandies, and wine bitters from the Los Angeles vineyards of B.D. Wilson. (See San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing September, 1862, [San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1862], p. xvi.)

Building History

This sawing and planing mill produced wood that it manufactured into boxes that it sold commercially. It operated on Market Street between Beale and Main Streets in 1861. The address listed in 1862 was between 211 and 225 Market. (See San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing September, 1862, [San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1862], p. xvi.) In 1867, its address was listed as 217 Market Street.

Its main partners were Caleb S. Hobbs and George W. Gilmore, and they were assisted by Stephen D. Gilmore and David Pomeroy in 1867. Caleb Hobbs resided at 51 2nd Street in 1867. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1867, p. 251.) By 1877, it had become known as "Hobbs, Pomeroy and Company," and was operated byDavid Pomeroy and Joseph G. Wall. I.K. Hobbs managed the factory that stood at 11-13 Beale Street and 1022 Main Street in 1877. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1877, p. 431.)

Building Notes

The Hobbs, Gilmore and Company complex looked to have been a collection of wood-framed buildings, likely erected incrementally according to the concern's commercial needs.

PCAD id: 22667