Bookstores

Russian Hill Bookstore
2234 Polk near Union
929-0997

San Francisco Heritage
2007 Franklin near Pacific
441-3000

Historical Societies

California Historical Society
678 Mission, SF, CA
357-1848

Museum of the City of San Francisco


San Francisco Heritage
The Foundation for San Francisco’s
Architectural Heritage
2007 Franklin, SF, CA 94109
441-3000

San Francisco Historical Society
PO. Box 420569, SF, CA 94142
775-1111
(Organizer and sponsor of the Barbary Coast Trail)

San Francisco History Association
PO Box 31907, SF, CA 94131
750-9986

San Francisco
New Main Library
(Larkin at Grove)

San Francisco History Room
Newspaper back copies
Polk City Directories from mid-1800’s (addresses of residents and businesses done alphabetically and by street address)

Spring Valley Water Dept.
(now San Francisco Water Dept.)

425 Mason Street
SF, CA 94102
(records show dates water service started for each building; a unique resource for finding out about histories of each building)