List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks

This is a list of San Francisco Designated Landmarks. In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations. As of June 2024, the city had designated 318 structures or other properties as San Francisco Designated Landmarks. Many of the properties have also received recognition at the federal level by inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places or by designation as National Historic Landmarks.

Color markings (highest noted listing)

	National Historic Landmark
	US National Register of Historic Places
	California Historical Landmark
	San Francisco Designated Landmark

San Francisco Landmark Districts

Since 1972, the City of San Francisco has designated thirteen local landmark districts ranging in size from a handful of buildings to several hundred properties. Landmark districts are regulated by Article 10 of the Planning Code.

#	Name	Image	Size	Year Designated	Description
1	Jackson Square		8 Blocks, 82 Parcels	1972	Earliest surviving commercial area features commercial and mixeduse buildings erected in the 1850s to 1860s.
2	Webster Street		3 Blocks, 25 Parcels	1981	Residential district in the Western Addition features a unified collection in the Italianate style.
3	Northeast Waterfront		9 Blocks, 52 Parcels	1983	Commercial and industrial district reflects waterfront storage and maritime activities, from the Gold Rush to World War II.
4	Alamo Square		16 Blocks, 281 Parcels	1984	Residential district features richly ornamented houses in a range of Victorian- and Edwardian-era styles.
5	Liberty Hill Historic District		10 Blocks, 298 Parcels	1985	Victorian-era residences designed primarily in the Italianate, Stick, and Queen Anne styles in Mission District.
6	Telegraph Hill		6 Blocks, 90 Parcels	1986	Eclectic hillside district features the largest concentration of pre-1870s buildings accessible only via narrow pedestrian-only lanes and staircases.
7	Blackstone Court		1 Block, 4 Parcels	1987	Residential district centered around the now-filled Washerwoman's Lagoon on a pre-Gold Rush trail of pre-1906 development in the Marina District.
8	South End		6 Blocks, 84 Parcels	1990	Industrial and warehouse of brick and reinforced concrete single- and multi-story warehouses erected between 1906 and 1929.
9	Bush Street–Cottage Row		2 Blocks, 23 Parcels	1991	Residential buildings of flat front Italianate and Stick design in Japantown.
10	Civic Center		15 Blocks, 61 Parcels	1996	Monumental Beaux Arts Classical design institutional buildings flanking a central open space.
11	Dogpatch		9 Blocks, 131 Parcels	2003	Oldest enclave of industrial workers’ housing in San Francisco located east of Potrero Hill.
12	Market Street Masonry		5 Blocks, 8 Parcels	2013	Discontiguous district of 8 structures built between 1911 and 1925. Each building is constructed of reinforced concrete or a combination of brick and reinforced concrete. All are designed by San Francisco master architects.
13	Duboce Park		4 Blocks, 90 Parcels	2013	Residential district featuring well-preserved Victorian- and Edwardian-era homes, many in the Queen Anne style. The district includes Duboce Park.