{"nrhp_refnum":"79000254","name":"Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hyde St. Pier","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.80967707800005,"lon":-122.42068727599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small, single-story frame office building (21 by 26 feet), built circa 1890 for the Tubbs Cordage Company and moved in 1963 from the company's factory on Front Street to the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco.","why_significant":"It is locally significant for its association with the Tubbs Cordage Company, whose San Francisco rope factory produced the first commercial rope on the Pacific Coast. It is also locally significant as an example of Victorian industrial/commercial architecture. It is described as San Francisco's last link with an early commercial maritime establishment.","narrative":"This small frame office on the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco was built around 1890 for the Tubbs Cordage Company. It measures 21 by 26 feet, has redwood shiplap siding, a low hip roof with wood shingles, and four double-hung windows with bracketed hoods. It is painted a dark mineral red with white trim. Originally it stood at the company's factory at 611-613 Front Street. When the firm closed that factory in 1963, the building was offered to the State of California and moved to the pier, where it was restored. The company began in 1849 as a ships chandlery and in 1856 produced the first rope manufactured commercially west of New England. The office is considered San Francisco's last link with that maritime enterprise, and its Victorian industrial design adds architectural interest. Now part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, it serves as an exhibit among historic ships and waterfront buildings of similar age.","period_of_significance":"circa 1890","architect_builder":"Tubbs Cordage Company","architectural_style":"Victorian industrial/commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored by the State of California after its move and exhibited at Hyde Street Pier; condition listed as excellent, altered and moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.243182-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000254.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000254/39cc93a486-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000254/39cc93a486-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tubbs_Cordage_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:Tubbs_Cordage_Building_(San_Francisco).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861337","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubbs_Cordage_Company_Office_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7850736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/tubbs-cordage-company-office-building-79000254/"}