{"nrhp_refnum":"10000111","name":"Geneva Office Building and Power House","other_names":["Geneva Car Barn Complex","San Francisco &amp","San Mateo Railroad Co. Office Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2301 San Jose Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.72039281700006,"lon":-122.44663092099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjoining brick buildings at 2301 San Jose Avenue in San Francisco: a two-story Office Building built in 1901 and a one-and-a-half-story Power House built in 1903 and heavily rebuilt in 1910. They were part of the Geneva Complex serving the San Francisco and San Mateo Railroad Company's electric railway.","why_significant":"The buildings are the last remaining historic structures of the once extensive Geneva Complex, which served the city's first electric railway and later became the central location for electric rail in San Francisco. They are tied to the development of electric rail transit and the 1906 earthquake recovery, and they retain enough integrity to convey their architectural significance and historical associations.","narrative":"Located at Geneva and San Jose Avenues in San Francisco, these two adjoining brick buildings are the last survivors of the Geneva Complex, a rail facility built for the city's first electric railway. The Office Building dates from 1901 and combined railroad administrative offices, a dispatch office, a staff lounge and a large assembly hall. Its Romanesque brick walls are accented by a Queen Anne wood turret and bay windows. The Power House, completed in 1903, was heavily rebuilt in 1910 after the 1906 earthquake collapsed its upper brick walls; its upper level is now concrete. The adjoining car barn and shops were demolished in the 1980s. The complex later became the central location for electric rail in the city and passed to municipal ownership in 1944. Both buildings have been unoccupied since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and were stabilized in 2004. They are recognized for their link to early electric rail transit and the earthquake recovery.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque; Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied since damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake; mothballed and stabilized in 2004; in fair to poor condition. Ownership transferred to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department in 2004.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.398444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000111.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000111/5e21e86bd9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000111/5e21e86bd9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geneva_Office_Building_and_Power_House,_2301_San_Jose_Ave.,_San_Francisco,_CA_6-12-2011_5-58-33_PM.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:Geneva_Office_Building_and_Power_House,_2301_San_Jose_Ave.,_San_Francisco,_CA_6-12-2011_5-58-33_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861126","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61935343"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/geneva-office-building-and-power-house-10000111/"}