San Francisco National Historic Landmarks: 15 Confirmed, by Neighborhood

• 15National Historic Landmarks
• 5open to visitors (all or part)
• 5neighborhoods
• 4often-listed buildings left out (no NPS page confirms them)

• Islands and the Bay
• Fisherman’s Wharf and Aquatic Park
• Presidio, Marina and Fort Mason
• Downtown, Civic Center and SoMa
• Japantown, Pacific Heights and the Western Addition
• Citywide

National Historic Landmarks in San Francisco by Neighborhood

Islands and the Bay (1)

Fisherman’s Wharf and Aquatic Park (8)

Presidio, Marina and Fort Mason (3)

Downtown, Civic Center and SoMa (1)

Japantown, Pacific Heights and the Western Addition (1)

Citywide (1)

What a National Historic Landmark Is

National Historic Landmarks are places the Secretary of the Interior designates as nationally significant in American history. The National Park Service runs the program. A landmark can be privately owned, so being on this list does not mean it is open; the Open to visitors column says what the owner’s or the National Park Service’s page states.

What We Could Not Verify

• Hyde Street Pier and the park’s historic ships: the National Park Service’s own FAQ page asks why the ships are being moved to Mare Island (Vallejo) and its basic-information page says the pier is closed, so we list the pier as closed. The ships will return to San Francisco when the pier rebuild is done; no date is published.
• Four buildings often listed as San Francisco landmarks are not in the table because the National Park Service pages we could open did not confirm National Historic Landmark status: the Bank of Italy Building, the James C. Flood Mansion, the Old United States Mint and the United States Post Office and Court House. Designation dates are shown only where an NPS page gives them.

We re-check these when the source pages change. Spot something we missed? Use the corrections page.

Last checked October 23, 2026 by the Project SF editors against each operator’s, agency’s or organizer’s own page.