{"nrhp_refnum":"82002252","name":"Trinity Presbyterian Church","other_names":["Mission United Presbyterian Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3261 23rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.766221390000055,"lon":-122.41807476399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Romanesque-style church at 23rd and Capp Streets in San Francisco's Mission district, built in 1891-92 and designed by the architectural firm Percy and Hamilton. It has a brick base and a shingled upper structure topped by a tall steeple.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a good, largely unaltered example of work by Percy & Hamilton, whose output was largely lost in 1906. Its steeple is a local landmark and forms part of a rare ensemble with St. John's Lutheran Church and the Capp Street row of Stick style houses. It is also significant socially, as a congregation that served the changing Mission district through community and social-gospel programs.","narrative":"Built in 1891-92 at the southwest corner of 23rd and Capp Streets, this church in San Francisco's Mission district was designed in the Romanesque style by Percy and Hamilton. It has a brick base holding an auditorium and meeting rooms, with a shingled upper structure and a cross-shaped sanctuary under a hammer-beam ceiling, lit by stained-glass windows including three large rose windows. A tall steeple with four round turrets makes it a neighborhood landmark. The interior woodwork and original pews survive, and the only significant alteration was the 1943 walling-off of part of the balcony. The church was listed for its architecture and its social history. It formed a streetscape with a nearby Lutheran church and a row of Stick style houses. It served as a relief center after the 1906 fire, became a community center in 1919, and later offered services to successive immigrant and community groups. Its sanctuary and halls are still shared with other groups.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Percy & Hamilton (architects); George W. Percy and F.F. Hamilton","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a church and community center; the brick base is in good condition, the shingle work fair and the steeple exterior poor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.057112-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002252.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002252/22870c1ae2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002252/22870c1ae2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Presbyterian_Church_(San_Francisco,_CA).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:Trinity_Presbyterian_Church_(San_Francisco,_CA).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861335","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Presbyterian_Church_(San_Francisco)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7842937"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/trinity-presbyterian-church-82002252/"}