{"nrhp_refnum":"01000028","name":"Coffin-Redington Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 Folsom St. and 300 Beale St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.78828950700006,"lon":-122.41528948599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story-over-basement concrete Moderne-style industrial building at 301 Folsom Street and 300 Beale Street in San Francisco, built in 1936-1937 for the Coffin-Redington Company and designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as a Moderne design by Frederick H. Meyer, a prominent San Francisco architect. It is the only surviving large 1930s commission by Meyer and the only known example of his work using Moderne ornament. It also reflects the South of Market area's growth as a distribution center after the Bay Bridge opened in 1936.","narrative":"Rising four stories above a basement at the corner of Folsom and Beale Streets in San Francisco, this concrete building was constructed in 1936-1937 for the Coffin-Redington Company, which used it until 1953. Architect Frederick H. Meyer designed it in the Moderne style, with mushroom-column construction, fluted piers, bands of industrial sash windows, a cornice of layered half-circles, and a richly detailed recessed entry on Folsom Street. A rear addition from the early 1940s blends closely with the original. Meyer was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and helped plan the city's Civic Center. This is his largest surviving 1930s commission and his only known Moderne work. It was built as the Bay Bridge opened and the South of Market area became a warehousing and distribution hub. Later rehabilitation added residential units, a restaurant, a plaza on the former loading dock, and seismic upgrades while keeping the exterior character.","period_of_significance":"1937","architect_builder":"Meyer, Frederick H., FAIA","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Moderne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated and adaptively reused with residential units above a ground-floor restaurant and commercial spaces, using the federal 20% rehabilitation tax credit.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.780923-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/01000028.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000028/ea2ed25cd3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000028/ea2ed25cd3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffin-Reddington_Building_(San_Francisco).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:Coffin-Reddington_Building_(San_Francisco).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"91000957","name":"Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/lower-nob-hill-apartment-hotel-district-91000957/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861077","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131521309"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/coffin-redington-building-01000028/"}