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St. Paulus Lutheran Church was a historic church located at 999 Eddy Street in
San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
. The church was built from 1892 to 1894 and was located next to Jefferson Square Park. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1982. On October 5, 1980, the church became
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number 116. The church's designated landmark status was rescinded after the church was destroyed by fire on November 5, 1995.


History

The church loaned a parcel of the site to The Free Farm, for growing and giving away organic produce. On October 7, 2014, the San Francisco real estate website Socketsite announced the church had put the site up for sale."Church Selling Hayes Valley Free Farm Site for Condos", Socketsite (October 7, 2014)
/ref> Construction was underway at the site in April 2019, and Saint Paulus is scheduled to reopen at this original site before the end of 2023.


In popular culture

The church is seen in the background of a few shots in the
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film '' Vertigo'' (1958) with
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and Kim Novak.


See also

* List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks


References


External links


St. Paulus Lutheran Church at NoeHill with historic photosHistoric photo at SF Main Library collection (1964)KQED website of ''Vertigo'' locations including St. Paulus (February 22, 2013)Facebook page for historic siteSaint Paulus Lutheran Church official website
Churches in San Francisco Demolished churches in the United States Demolished buildings and structures in California Former buildings and structures in San Francisco Lutheran churches in California Churches completed in 1894 Buildings and structures demolished in 1995 Church fires in the United States National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in California San Francisco Designated Landmarks Gothic Revival church buildings in California {{SanFrancisco-struct-stub