U.S. Appraisers Stores and Immigration Station - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 47.772 W 122° 24.101
10S E 552675 N 4183371
The U.S. Appraisers Stores and Immigration Station in San Francisco, CA.
Waymark Code: WMHMDV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 5

"The U.S. Appraisers Stores and Immigration Station is eligible under Criterion A of the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance for its association with events that have made an important contribution to the broad patterns of American history. Appraisal functions of the federal government have been maintained on the site since 1874 and the subject building has maintained both appraisal and immigration functions from its construction, between 1939-1944, to the present time. While the immigrant detention facilities, which were built into the structure's design, are no longer in use, the continuity of historic customs and appraisal functions from 1944 to 1960, together with the continuity of immigration functions from the building's completion to the present time, constitute the building's historic importance in international and Pacific Coast commerce. Its service as a primary gateway for Asian entrants to the United States, as the successor to the Angel Island Immigration Station, documents historic demographic and legislative changes in United States immigration policy from the late 1930s to the 1960s." (visit link)
Street address:
630 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA USA


County / Borough / Parish: San Francisco

Year listed: 2014

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1925-1949

Historic function: Government

Current function: Government

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 1: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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