St. Paulus Lutheran Church Explained

St. Paulus Lutheran Church
Location:999 Eddy Street, San Francisco, California
Coordinates:37.7822°N -122.4225°W
Architect:Krafft, Julius E.; Bluns, C.
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival, Other, Carpenter Gothic
Added:February 11, 1982
Refnum:82002251
Designated Other1:San Francisco
Designated Other1 Number:116
Designated Other1 Date:(rescinded)[1]

St. Paulus Lutheran Church was a historic church located at 999 Eddy Street in San Francisco, California. The church was built from 1892 to 1894 and was located next to Jefferson Square Park.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. On October 5, 1980, the church became San Francisco Designated Landmark number 116. The church's designated landmark status was rescinded after the church was destroyed by fire on November 5, 1995.[2]

History

The church loaned a NaNacres parcel of the site to The Free Farm, for growing and giving away organic produce.[3] [4] On October 7, 2014, the San Francisco real estate website Socketsite announced the church had put the site up for sale.[5] Construction was underway at the site in April 2019, and Saint Paulus is scheduled to reopen at this original site before the end of 2023.

In popular culture

The church is seen in the background of a few shots in the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo (1958) with James Stewart and Kim Novak.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks. City of San Francisco. 2022-11-03.
  2. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Historic-church-incinerated-3122612.php Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle (November 6, 1995)
  3. News: From The Flames Of St. Paulus The Free Farm Blooms . November 21, 2023 . SocketSite . September 1, 2010.
  4. News: Atkins . Dorothy . Free Farm Must Close, Greenhouse Needs Home . November 21, 2023 . . November 15, 2013.
  5. http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/10/church-selling-hayes-valley-free-farm-site-condos-rise.html "Church Selling Hayes Valley Free Farm Site for Condos", Socketsite (October 7, 2014)