Entranceway of The Irish Rover bar at the northwest corner of Valencia Street and 26th Street - 1981 (Updated over a year ago)
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By 1985 this was the Loading Zone Bar, a gay bar. Around 2008, the Dovre Club moved here from 18th Street. The Dovre Club goes back to the Women's Building on 18th Street between Guerrero Street and Valencia Street. The Women's Building was built in 1910 as a German Turnverein Society. In 1935 the Sons and Daughters of Norway bought the building and renamed it Dovre Hall in honor of the mountains separating Norway and Sweden. They replaced the gym with a dance hall, and a small bar, John & Max's occupied a corner. In 1966, Paddy Nolan took over this bar and named it the Dovre Club. It became a big Irish bar, popular with politicians and folks like Warren Hinckle, the Mitchell Bros., Sheriff Hennessey, and Jack Davis. In 1976, the SF Women's Center bought the building and renamed it the Women's Building. Eviction was fought for one and a half years before the bar moved to 26th Street and Valencia Street.
Tags: 26th street , dovre club , dovre hall , gay bar , german turnverein society , irish bar , irish rover bar , jack davis , loading zone bar , mission district , sf women's center , sheriff hennessey , sons and daughters of norway , the mitchell bros. , valencia street , warren hinckle , women's building
Added to Max Kirkeberg Collection on July 12, 2017.
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Created by:
Kirkeberg, Max
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Date:
6/21/81
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Slide ID:
MiW-Valencia-1400-W-03
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Type:
35 mm slide
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Format:
TIFF
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Source:
Max Kirkeberg Collection
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Locale:
San Francisco, California
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Rights:
Public
Content
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val-02-377. (4.93 MB – TIFF image)
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Version history
- Imported from external collection.
- Update by DIVA Digitization Team over a year ago