National Register of Historic Places

Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Listed
November 6, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79000254

About this property

The Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building is a small frame structure located in San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, in the Fisherman's Wharf district of San Francisco, California. The 1890 structure was originally located at the Tubbs Cordage factory, at 611-613 Front Street, San Francisco. It was moved to Hyde Street Pier for display and preservation in 1963, and moved again in 1990. The Tubbs Cordage Company Office is of local historical significance in the category of industry due to its association with the Tubbs Cordage Company and its rope factory founded in San Francisco by Alfred L. Tubbs and his brother Hiram where the first commercial manufacture of rope on the Pacific Coast was accomplished. The office is a small, single-story, single-room office building (with the addition, after the historic period, of a small closet, with a sink and toilet, as well as an office cubicle). The exterior is painted a dark brownish-red, common on industrial buildings in the last century, and sometimes referred to as "mineral" red or "iron" red, with white trim. This was the color scheme of the office at the time of its move to Hyde Street Pier. The structure stands by itself at the pier, just as it did on the original site. Rectangular in shape, the building dimensions are 21 by 26 feet. There is no basement, and the structure rests upon redwood sills. One story high, the building is framed with redwood siding. National Park Service NRHP database: Photographs of the Tubbs Cordage Company A guide to the Tubbs Cordage Company records, 1850-1981

Location

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
37.80968, -122.42069

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When was Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building listed on the National Register?

Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1979.

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Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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