Administration Building, Treasure Island Explained

Administration Building, Treasure Island
Location:1 Avenue of the Palms
Treasure Island, San Francisco
Coordinates:37.8169°N -122.3703°W
Built:1938
Architect:Day, William Peyton
Kelham, George William
Architecture:Moderne, Art Deco
Added:February 26, 2008
Refnum:08000081

The Administration Building, Treasure Island, on Treasure Island, California, is a Moderne style building designed by William Peyton Day and George William Kelham. It has also been known as Building 1, as Command Naval Base San Francisco Headquarters, and as Naval Station Treasure Island. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

Construction began in 1937 with landfill and site preparation,[2] and was completed in 1938.[1] During the Golden Gate International Exposition the building functioned as the terminal for Pan American Airways China Clipper transpacific flying boat service.[3] The United States Navy took over Treasure Island when the exposition ended and rather than continue as an airport, the building became an administration building.[3]

The building housed a museum until 1997. In 2011, San Francisco purchased Treasure Island from the U.S. Navy and there are plans to reopen the museum as part of a redevelopment project.[4]

In popular culture

The Administration Building served as the "Berlin Airport" in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.[5] It appeared as a hotel in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap[6] and also appears in the second season of Netflix's The OA.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=08000081}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Administration Building, Treasure Island ]. Toni Webb . December 2, 2007 . National Park Service. and
  2. Web site: Foundation . Doug Miller, Pan Am Historical . PanAm.org - Treasure Island Pan Am's Fabled Pacific Gateway . www.panam.org . 8 December 2021 . en-gb.
  3. Web site: California State Military Museum . M.L.Shettle . 2011-08-02.
  4. Web site: Treasure Island Museum Association . February 7, 2013.
  5. Web site: Administration Building – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – San Francisco, CA . January 9, 2017.
  6. Web site: How Treasure Island found its way into the most iconic Indiana Jones film . . Grant Marek . September 26, 2019 . November 10, 2021.