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HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,157- (sheet 7 of 12) - Aquatic Park Bathhouse, Beach Street, West of Polk Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
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Johnson, Sargent
Hiler, Hilaire
Croteau, Todd A, project manager
Lockett, Dana, delineator
Umana, Jairo, delineator
Title
HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,157- (sheet 7 of 12) - Aquatic Park Bathhouse, Beach Street, West of Polk Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Depicted place California; San Francisco County; San Francisco
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 34 x 44 in. (E size)
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,157- (sheet 7 of 12)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: San Francisco's Aquatic Park was one of California's largest WPA construction projects. Time Magazine, Feb. 6, 1939, described the project as "one of the most sophisticated WPA building jobs in the U.S." The bathhouse is the most notable structure in the complex and exemplifies the streamlined Moderne style of architecture. Several distinguished artists were responsible for the adornment of the exterior and interior of the bathhouse. While the artwork of the Aquatic Park Complex is notable for its quality, it is also significant due to its surreal and abstract forms not commonly found in WPA projects. The work of artist Sargent Johnson is incorporated into the entrance and back porch of the bathhouse. Johnson was a nationally recognized sculptor and one of only two Black artists in California who participated in the WPA program. Under the direction of Hilaire Hiler, an internationally recognized muralist, Johnson depicted abstract and stylized forms of sea life and nautical references by incising lines into green slate panels that surround the main entrance of the building and provide contrast against the white concrete of the building's walls. Directly below the slate panels are multilevel fountains lined with colorful tile mosaics. The design for the back porch continues with the use of maritime motifs rendered in multi colored tile mosaics. The public and the critics were overwhelmingly impressed with the artists work when building was officially opened on January 22, 1939.
  • Survey number: HABS CA-2225
  • Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1404.sheet.00007a
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Object location37° 46′ 30″ N, 122° 25′ 05.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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