St. Paulus Lutheran Church

St. Paulus Lutheran Church was a historic church at 999 Eddy Street in San Francisco, California. The church was built from 1892 to 1894 next to Jefferson Square and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The church was destroyed by fire on November 5, 1995 and never rebuilt.[2]

St. Paulus Lutheran Church
Location999 Eddy Street, San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°46′56″N 122°25′21″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1894 (1894)
ArchitectKrafft, Julius E.; Bluns, C.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Other, Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.82002251[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 1982

The site was converted to a community garden. On October 7, 2014, the SF real estate website Socketsite announced the church had put the site up for sale.[3]

Construction was underway at the site in April 2019, and Saint Paulus is scheduled to reopen at this original site around July 2020.

On October 5, 1980, the church became San Francisco Landmark number 116. The church's landmark status was rescinded after the 1995 fire.

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

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle (November 6, 1995)
  3. "Church Selling Hayes Valley Free Farm Site for Condos", Socketsite (October 7, 2014)


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