Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts
Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island | |
William Peyton Day; George William Kelham | |
Architectural style | Moderne |
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NRHP reference No. | 08000083[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 26, 2008 |
The Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, also known as Building 3, on
Original structure
Buildings 1, 2 and 3 were designed by San Francisco architects
Exhibition hall
For use as the Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts a 48,600-square-foot (4,520 m2) one-story addition wraps around the other three sides of Building 3. The addition is constructed of reinforced concrete sprayed with stucco. Four concrete towers each almost 68 feet (21 m) tall are on the corners. A formal entrance faces northwest in a concave indentation with scallops or broad flutes in the surface of the marquee over the door. From the other elevations the structure's heritage as a hangar is visible, with the taller hangar section looming over the additions.[2]
The interior was fitted out for the exposition with curving temporary plaster walls to house a $20 million collection of artwork, designed by Dorothy Wright Liebes and Shepard Vogelsang. The space was extensively subdivided into small galleries.[2]
The 1939 season of the exposition was a failure, with half the visitation expected at only 10 million patrons. The exposition closed two months early, four million dollars in debt. It reopened in 1940. For the 1940 season Diego Rivera painted the Pan Am Unity fresco. The fair closed on September 29, 1940, still in debt.[2]
Following the fair's closure the U.S. Navy, which already had a station on adjacent
Building 3 has since been used as a film production location. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 2008.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Webb, Toni (December 2, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Palace of Fine and Decorated Arts, Treasure Island". National Park Service. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-2785-B, "Golden Gate International Exposition, Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts & Annex, California Avenue, Treasure Island, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA", 13 photos, 20 data pages, 5 photo caption pages