{"nrhp_refnum":"00000361","name":"Oakland Waterfront Warehouse District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by I-880, Madison St., 2nd St., and Webster St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oakland","county":"Alameda County","state":"CA","lat":37.79538958500004,"lon":-122.27064519699626,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-04-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 16-acre industrial district of warehouses in Oakland, California, spread over portions of 10 blocks near the Inner Harbor and the former Western Pacific Railroad tracks on 3rd Street. It holds 24 contributing buildings and one contributing structure, mostly built between 1914 and 1954.","why_significant":"The district is a cohesive group of utilitarian brick and concrete warehouses built to use the Western Pacific Railroad's 3rd Street tracks and the waterfront. The warehouses shipped goods by rail and water, which upgraded the Port of Oakland's cargo mix and aided the city's industrial development. Its period of significance starts with the 1914 W.P. Fuller Paint warehouse.","narrative":"This 16-acre warehouse district in Oakland lies a few blocks northeast of the Port of Oakland's Inner Harbor, around 3rd, 4th and 5th Streets. It contains 24 contributing buildings and one contributing structure, the Posey Tube Oakland Portal. Most are one- to three-story brick, concrete and stucco warehouses with flat roofs, stepped parapets, industrial sash windows and truck doors. Fifteen of the contributing buildings date from 1917 to 1937, and the earliest warehouse, built in 1914 for the W.P. Fuller Paint Company, set the period of significance. Western Pacific Railroad's arrival in 1909 broke Southern Pacific's waterfront monopoly and drew businesses that built rail spurs and shipped goods across the western United States. Later warehouses, especially for wholesale grocers, sent packaged goods by water and helped broaden the port's cargo. Some buildings have been turned into offices and lofts, but the district keeps its overall character, and most of it appears as it did in 1954.","period_of_significance":"1914-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other/Utilitarian; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Beaux Arts; Modern Movement/Moderne; Modern Movement/Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Some larger warehouses have been converted to offices and live-work lofts, while many industrial activities continue. Most of the district looks as it did in 1954.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.27121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00000361.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000361/13ea6a8dd5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000361/13ea6a8dd5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakland_Waterfront_Warehouse_District_(Oakland,_CA).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakland_Waterfront_Warehouse_District_(Oakland,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858301","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141631958"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/alameda-county/oakland-waterfront-warehouse-district-00000361/"}