Early Structure at the Lake Merced Campus, circa 1950–1955

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A low, modernist building at San Francisco State College’s newly established Lake Merced (19th Avenue) campus in the early 1950s. The sandy, largely undeveloped foreground reflects the campus’s formative years, when construction was still underway and landscaping had yet to be completed. Larger academic buildings rise in the background, illustrating the gradual expansion that followed the College’s move from the overcrowded Haight & Buchanan site in 1953.

Identifier
TP-ATA-0467
Context

The old San Francisco State College campus at Haight & Buchanan Street operated from the early 20th century through 1952. As enrollment rapidly grew in the 1930s, the campus became overcrowded and a search for a larger location began. Classes officially moved to to the 19th Avenue location in 1953.

 

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Geographic Coverage
San Francisco, CA
Temporal Coverage
1950s
Type
Still Image
Format
9x5 Print
Source
San Francisco State University Archives
Rights
Public
Views
281

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