Public Health Service Hospital (San Francisco)

The Public Health Service Hospital is a defunct hospital located in the Presidio of San Francisco. The building was erected in 1932, replacing the original facility which had been established in 1875 as the U.S. Marine Hospital.[1]

Public Health Service Hospital
The Presidio Landmark (former main building of the Public Health Service Hospital) in 2017
Geography
Location1801 Wedemeyer Street,
San Francisco Presidio, San Francisco, California, United States
Coordinates37°47′14″N 122°28′23″W
Services
BedsUnknown
History
Opened1932
Closed1981
Links
Websitewww.presidio.gov/trust/projects/phsh/
ListsHospitals in California

History
The 1875 hospital
The current hospital prior to the demolition of the wings
Aerial view of the hospital

Two previous buildings had served as the San Francisco Marine Hospital. The first opened at Rincon Point in 1854; it was damaged by the 1868 Hayward earthquake and abandoned.[2] A new building on the Presidio of San Francisco opened in 1875.[3]

The current building opened in 1932.[1] Two wings were added in the 1950s, which were later demolished in 2009.[1][4] In 1981, the Public Health Service Hospital shut down because of budget cuts.[5]

Between 1982 and 1988, the buildings housed the San Francisco branch of the Defense Language Institute. It was closed in December 1988, and all remaining students were moved to Monterey, with plans to sell the hospital to the city of San Francisco. In the following years, the building remained empty, and became popular with squatters, graffiti artists and ghost hunters who were attracted by the allegedly haunted former morgue and operating rooms.[5]

The historic 1932 Modernist building was converted and rehabilitated for housing, and opened in 2010 as the Presidio Landmark apartments.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Presidio of San Francisco - Public Health Service Hospital (U.S. National Park Service)". U.S. National Park Service. 2007-12-25. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  2. Annual report of the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1872. pp. 7–21.
  3. Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States. U.S. Public Health Service. 1921. pp. 274, 294ff.
  4. Gordon, Rachel (December 5, 2008). "S.F. Presidio hospital heads toward history". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. Berger, Chris (2014-03-04). "San Francisco Military Base Hospital Reborn as Apartments". Curbed. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  6. King, John (July 6, 2010). "S.F. hospital gets proper treatment in makeover". San Francisco Chronicle.
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