Building History

A cultural history portion of a general plan compiled by the City of South San Francisco stated that several industrial concerns located in the city in the 1890s: "Major industrial facilities included the Steiger Terracotta Pottery Works, and the Baden Brick Factory (1894), Hopper and Company Lumber (1896), the Molath Brick Company (1898), the South San Francisco Lumber Company (1898), and the W.P. Fuller Paint Company (1898). In 1898, the City of South San Francisco offered a deep water port, initially enabling the Fuller Paint Company to ship its products worldwide." (See "South San Francisco General Plan Update, Cultural and Historic Resources December 2019 Existing Conditions Report," (South San Francisco: City of South San Francisco, 12/2019), p. 5.) All of the industries named in this report were suppliers to the building industry in San Francisco.

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