{"nrhp_refnum":"85000714","name":"Scott, Irving Murray, School","other_names":["I.M. Scott School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1060 Tennessee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.758506141000055,"lon":-122.38964064999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame Classical Revival school building at 1060 Tennessee Street in the Potrero Hill district of San Francisco, built in 1895 on a 0.68-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the oldest surviving public school building in San Francisco and the only one dating to the 19th century. It is described as a notable example of Classical Revival design that retains its late 19th century appearance. It was also the first public school in the city with facilities for teaching cooking.","narrative":"Built in 1895 in San Francisco's Potrero Hill district, this two-story wood-frame school at 1060 Tennessee Street is described as the oldest surviving public school building in the city and the only one from the 19th century. It was named for Irving Murray Scott, a principal owner of the Union Iron Works and a local benefactor. The school served a working-class neighborhood near the industrial waterfront, and it was the first public school in the city to include facilities for teaching cooking, along with carpentry. Its Classical Revival details include fluted pilasters, bracketed cornices and ornamental wood trim, and the exterior has been repaired with redwood siding to match the original. The school taught grammar classes until 1975, apart from a wartime break when it housed production training. Since 1979 it has been leased as a community center, though much of the interior remains in poor condition.","period_of_significance":"1895","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Leased from the school district to a community development corporation and used as a community center; the exterior has been repaired, but the interior is in disrepair and only about half the space is usable.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.879708-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/85000714.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000714/b7313efb0e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000714/b7313efb0e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irving_Murray_Scott_School_(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:Irving_Murray_Scott_School_(San_Francisco).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861299","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107283493"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/scott-irving-murray-school-85000714/"}