Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop is a historic 1912 building in the
Rincon Hill
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neighborhood at 443 Folsom Street,
San Francisco
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, California, United States.
It remained an active
blacksmith shop
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within multiple generations of the same family, from 1912 until 2017.
It has been listed by the city as a
San Francisco Designated Landmark
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since 1992.
The building also has a historical marker, erected in 2005 by Capitulus Redivivus Verba Buena.
History
The shop initially was opened by Fred V. Wilbert.
In 1928, Wilbert was joined by Edwin August Klockars (1898–1994), a blacksmith from the town of Munsmo in the
Western Finland Province
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Histor ...
in Finland.
Tony Rosellini, the former son in-law of Edwin August Klockars, ran the blacksmith business from 1970 until its closure in 2017.
There had been 2017 plans to restore the building and turn it into a retail marijuana shop, but as of 2023 the building remains unrestored as an art gallery.
See also
*
List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks
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References
External links
* Video
The City Exposed: Klockars Blacksmithing(2012), from the
San Francisco Chronicle
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on
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1912 establishments in California
2017 disestablishments in California
Blacksmith shops
San Francisco Designated Landmarks
South of Market, San Francisco