{"nrhp_refnum":"75000179","name":"ALMA (Scow Schooner)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"2905 Hyde St. (Hyde St. Pier)","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.81035437000003,"lon":-122.42280215799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-10-10","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1988-06-07","areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wooden hay scow-schooner, the Alma, built in 1891 in San Francisco by shipwright F. Seimer for James Peterson. She is berthed at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco Maritime State Historic Park.","why_significant":"The Alma is described as the last of her kind in California and the only surviving restored scow-schooner afloat in the state. These flat-bottomed, centerboard schooners carried hay, grain and other cargo around San Francisco Bay before roads and trucking replaced them. The form marks significance in commerce and transportation.","narrative":"Alma is a small wooden scow-schooner built in 1891 by local shipwright F. Seimer for James Peterson, who named her for his daughter. She measures 59 feet long and 22.6 feet wide, with a flat bottom, a convertible centerboard, one deck and two masts. Vessels of this type were once everywhere on San Francisco Bay, carrying hay, grain and nearly any other cargo into shallow creeks and tideflats with a crew of only one or two people. Hundreds worked the bay before roads and trucks made shore installations easy to reach. Alma later passed to other owners and was altered for use as a shell dredger. The State of California bought her in 1960, removed the dredging equipment and restored her to her original condition. She is now berthed at the Hyde Street Pier and is regarded as the only surviving restored scow-schooner afloat in California, which is why she was listed.","period_of_significance":"1891 (19th century)","architect_builder":"F. Seimer, local shipwright (built for James Peterson)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored to her 1891 condition after earlier alteration as a shell dredger; condition listed as excellent and unaltered; maintained and preserved by trained shipwrights and displayed as a museum and park vessel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.432745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/75000179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000179/505ab03b0f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000179/505ab03b0f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alma_(scow_schooner,_San_Francisco)_2.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:Alma_(scow_schooner,_San_Francisco)_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861027","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_(1891)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2156353"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/alma-scow-schooner-75000179/"}