{"nrhp_refnum":"75000473","name":"Goodman Building","other_names":["Emeric Building","St.Beryl Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1117 Geary Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.78534792500005,"lon":-122.42189949199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story wood-frame building at 1117 Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, first built in 1869 as a residence by Joseph Emeric and remodeled in 1906-07 into a hotel with ground-floor shops, designed by Conrad A. Meussdorffer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is architecturally significant for its surviving Italianate facade details from the late 1860s. It is also notable as the last remaining structure from a once-Victorian neighborhood that was later cleared. Its early history and its long use as studio and living space for artists are also cited.","narrative":"Located at 1117 Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, this four-story frame building began in 1869 as a residential structure erected by Joseph Emeric, a French-born importer and rancher. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, owner Abraham Goodman raised it twelve feet, and architect Conrad A. Meussdorffer added five ground-floor shops, converted the upper floors into a hotel, and put a mansard-roofed fourth floor on top, which housed a photographic studio. The third-floor facade is described as unchanged since 1869, and the second floor keeps arched window heads carved with the letter E for Emeric, typical of early Italianate work. The building was nominated as the only survivor of the Victorian neighborhood shown in a 1903 photograph, since surrounding blocks were destroyed or demolished. Since 1907 it has provided studio and living space for artists, who value its high ceilings, north-facing windows and skylit top floor.","period_of_significance":"1869-1907","architect_builder":"Joseph Emeric/ Conrad Meussdorffer","architectural_style":"Italianate (early Italianate style of the late 1860s and early 1870s)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition and altered; used as studio and living quarters by about twenty-five artists at the time of nomination, with plans for a ground-floor art center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.773337-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/75000473.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000473/81209a41de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000473/81209a41de-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goodman_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:Goodman_Building_(San_Francisco).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861136","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodman_Building_(San_Francisco)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115214043"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/goodman-building-75000473/"}