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Historic Preservation Commission recommends landmarking 200 Rhode Island, backs office conversion to fund $25 million restoration
Summary
The Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Supervisors designate the Takahashi Trading Company building at 200 Rhode Island Street as a local landmark and to transmit a resolution supporting a conditional use authorization to convert two upper floors to office to help finance a $25 million restoration.
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on Feb. 16 recommended that the Board of Supervisors designate the former Takahashi Trading Company building at 200 Rhode Island Street as a local landmark and supported a planning transmittal for a conditional use authorization to allow office use on the third and fourth floors.
Staff presented the building’s history and significance, noting it was constructed in 1912, designed by architect Albert Landsberg, and later purchased in 1965 by Henry and Tomoye Takahashi. Alex Westoff, Planning Department staff, said the nomination highlights the property’s association with Japanese American postwar resettlement and the Takahashi family’s contributions to local commerce and culture. Architectural Resources Group consultant Stacy Barr summarized a historic-structures report…
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