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Photograph of Administration Building, Treasure Island
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Administration Building, Treasure Island

Built in 1938 (Art Deco architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“The Administration Building, Treasure Island, on Treasure Island, California, is a Moderne style building designed by William Peyton Day and George William Kelham. It has also been known as Building 1, as Command Naval Base San Francisco Headquarters, and as Naval Station Treasure Island.”

Wikipedia article Administration Building, Treasure Island, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 202 National Register listings published here for San Francisco County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1938, Art Deco architecture, by William Peyton Day, George W. Kelham.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. SE Corner of Avenue of the Palms and California Ave., Treasure Island, 94130
  • When was it listed? February 2008
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Downtown-Northeast Neighborhoods-Treasure Island
  • When was it built? 1938
  • Architectural style. Art Deco architecture, Streamline Moderne
  • Architect. William Peyton Day, George W. Kelham
  • National Register reference number. 08000081 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

103 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Administration Building, Treasure Island between 1994 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaMEADOW
27 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaWASHINGTON
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in San Francisco County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Administration Building, Treasure Island: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Angel Island DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence1892

Every working recorded in San Francisco County

Maps showing this location

17 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Hall of Transportation, Treasure Island0.2 miles2008
Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island0.3 miles2008
Senior Officers Quarters Historic District, Yerba Buena Island0.5 miles2008
Quarters 1, Yerba Buena Island, Naval Training Station0.5 miles1991
Quarters 10 and Building 267, Yerba Buena Island0.5 miles2008
Torpedo Storehouse-Torpedo (Mine) Assembly Building & Long Range Accuracy Storage Building0.7 miles2008

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000081 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Francisco CountyAll 202 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.