PCAD - Pfeiffer’s Building, North Beach, San Francisco, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings; built works - public buildings - health and welfare buildings

394 Chestnut Street
North Beach, San Francisco, CA 94133

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394 Chestnut Street was the approximate modern location for the northeast corner of Stockton and Chestnut Streets.

Building History

The Society for the Care of the Inebriate was founded on 05/24/1859, to respond to the high incidence of alcoholism occurring in post-Gold Rush San Francisco. In 1868, officers of the society included: Frank G. Edwards, President, Monroe Ashbury, Vice-President, I.D. Barnard, Secretary, and Alexander Stott, Treasurer. The Board of Trustees were: C.E.B. Howe, Monroe Ashbury, Charles L. Wiggin, E.D. Sawyer, John Doyle, and John Center.

Initially, this building, located on the northeast corner of Stockton and Chestnut Streets, was known as Pfeiffer's Building. It was purchased for $7,500 in 1862 by the Society for the Care of the Inebriate. In 1868, the Home’s Chief Physician was A.P. Hayne, while George L. Colburn was its Superintendent, and his wife was Matron. (See General Directory of Residents and Business Directory, also, a Directory of Streets, Public Offices, etc., and a Map of the City for the Year Commencing October 1868, [San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, Publisher, 1868], p. 748.)

PCAD id: 23729

Pfeiffer’s Building, North Beach, San Francisco, CA demolished