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Commission backs St. Francis Wood National Register nomination, cites history and past deed restrictions
Summary
The Historic Preservation Commission unanimously recommended the St. Francis Wood residence park be forwarded to the State Historic Resources Commission for National Register consideration, noting architectural significance and historical deed restrictions tied to racial exclusion.
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on April 6 voted unanimously to recommend a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the St. Francis Wood Historic District, forwarding comments and the commission’s resolution to the State Historic Resources Commission for the April 29 hearing in Sacramento. Commissioners and staff emphasized the district’s architecture, planned landscape features and also discussed past deed restrictions that excluded buyers of certain racial and ethnic backgrounds in the neighborhood’s early history.
Planning staff (Francis…
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