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Historic Preservation Commission backs landmark recommendation for Sacred Heart Parish Complex
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The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Sept. 20 to recommend landmark designation for the Sacred Heart Parish Complex, forwarding the amended recommendation to the Board of Supervisors after staff removed interior features and a connector bridge from the ordinance.
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Sept. 20 to forward a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to designate the Sacred Heart Parish Complex as a landmark. Shannon Ferguson, planning department staff, told the commission the department believes the complex meets eligibility requirements and recommended two periods of significance: about 1891–1936 and 1968–1972, the latter tied to Father Eugene Boyle's tenure.
The department's report, prepared with consultant Elaine Brown Styles and funded by the Historic Preservation Fund Committee, described the campus as significant for architecture by Thomas J. Welsh and for its association with Catholic institutions and civil rights activism. Ferguson said staff refined the list of…
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