Friends of 1800 - Preservation Advocacy

The Friends of 1800 came together in the quest to save San Francisco's Carmel Fallon Building. We've compiled a number of articles and images that provide a historical perspective on the building and its role in San Francisco history.

Fallon Building History at a glance

Start with Fallon Building History at a Glance for an overview of San Francisco's Carmel Fallon Building with links to articles by Tim Kelley, Vicky Graham, and John Wullbrandt. Retrace the Fallon Building's winding road to restoration chronicled in the San Francisco press in the Fallon Building News Archives. See also pre- and post-1906 Quake photos of the Fallon Building.

We have a complete listing of officially designated San Francisco Landmarks, as well as San Francisco's Historic Districts and Structures of Merit.

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UPDATE Sacred Heart has been stripped of a number of its historical elements. On Nov. 16, The Board of Supervisors passed Supervisor Mirkarimi’s resolution to support the preservation of Sacred Heart Church and to investigate and direct DBI and the City Attorney’s Office to investigate and pursue appropriate enforcement measures for violations relating to the owner’s stripping and parceling out altars, stained glass windows, pews, doors, sconces, etc. from the building. ››READ MORE.

The Friends of 1800 Board voted unanimously to support landmark designation for 557 Ashbury Street. ››MORE.

Threatened with demolition by its former owner, the Eastlake Stick Victorian at 4038 17th Street has been sold and is in the process of being restored. ››MORE.

Despite public opposition, condo development threatens the Harding Theater, the only remaining single screen theater in the Western Addition. ››MORE.

The historic buildings that until recently housed U.C. Extension face demolition in a development proposed for this six-acre site. ››MORE.

UPDATE Mission Local and SF Gate report that the New Mission Theater at 2550 Mission St. is up for sale. Though owner Gus Murad and Kenman/Moris Architects had unveiled impressive plans to restore and rennovate this landmark into a nightclub-theater venue in 2006, plans had been stalled. ››MORE.

SEE ALSO: San Francisco's legacy moviehouse closures during the period of 1978 to the present.

Despite being the oldest remaining building on its block as well one of the earliest residential structures in the Eureka Valley neighborhood, 70 Douglass Street was exempted from environmental review and faces demolition—underscoring the urgent need for an historical survey in San Francisco's Eureka Valley. ››Read the Friends letter to Bevan Dufty.