Palace of Fine Arts - wikipedia Palace of Fine Arts This article is about the structure in San Francisco 's Marina District. For the structure on Treasure Island, San Francisco, see Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island. For the Mexico City opera house, see Palacio de Bellas Artes. For the Palace of Fine Arts that was part of Chicago 's White City fairgrounds for the 1893 World 's Columbian Exposition, see Museum of Science and Industry ( Chicago ). Palace of Fine Arts U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district San Francisco Designated Landmark # 88 The Palace of Fine Arts, 2014 Show map of San Francisco Show map of California Show map of the US Show all Location 3301 Lyon St., San Francisco, California Coordinates 37 ° 48 ′ 10 '' N 122 ° 26 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.80278 ° N 122.44833 ° W ﻿ / 37.80278 ; - 122.44833 Coordinates : 37 ° 48 ′ 10 '' N 122 ° 26 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.80278 ° N 122.44833 ° W ﻿ / 37.80278 ; - 122.44833 Area 17 acres ( 6.9 ha ) Architect William Gladstone Merchant ; Bernard Maybeck Architectural style Beaux - Arts NRHP reference # 04000659 SFDL # 88 Significant dates Added to NRHP December 5, 2005 Designated SFDL 1977 The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama - Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there. One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is still situated on its original site. It was rebuilt in 1965, and renovation of the lagoon, walkways, and a seismic retrofit were completed in early 2009. In addition to hosting art exhibitions, it remains a popular attraction for tourists and locals and is a favorite location for weddings and wedding party photographs for couples throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and such an icon that a miniature replica of it was built in Disney 's California Adventure in Anaheim. Contents 1 History 2 Design 3 Other surviving buildings of the exhibition 4 Gallery 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History Painting of the Palace of Fine Arts by Edwin Deakin c. 1915 External video Walkthrough of outside grounds, Virtual Tour The Palace of Fine Arts was one of ten palaces at the heart of the Panama - Pacific Exhibition, which also included the exhibit palaces of Education, Liberal Arts, Manufactures, Varied Industries, Agriculture, Food Products, Transportation, Mines and Metallurgy and the Palace of Machinery. The Palace of Fine Arts was designed by Bernard Maybeck, who took his inspiration from Roman and Ancient Greek architecture in designing what was essentially a fictional ruin from another time. While most of the exposition was demolished when the exposition ended, the Palace was so beloved that a Palace Preservation League, founded by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, was founded while the fair was still in progress. For a time the Palace housed a continuous art exhibit, and during the Great Depression, W.P.A. artists were commissioned to replace the decayed Robert Reid murals on the ceiling of the rotunda. From 1934 to 1942 the exhibition hall was home to eighteen lighted tennis courts. During World War II it was requisitioned by the military for storage of trucks and jeeps. At the end of the war, when the United Nations was created in San Francisco, limousines used by the world 's statesmen came from a motor pool there. From 1947 on the hall was put to various uses : as a city Park Department warehouse ; as a telephone book distribution center ; as a flag and tent storage depot ; and even as temporary Fire Department headquarters. While the Palace had been saved from demolition, its structure was not stable. Originally intended to only stand for the duration of the Exhibition, the colonnade and rotunda were not built of durable materials, and thus framed in wood and then covered with staff, a mixture of plaster and burlap - type fiber. As a result of the construction and vandalism, by the 1950s the simulated ruin was in fact a crumbling ruin. In 1964, the original Palace was completely demolished, with only the steel structure of the exhibit hall left standing. The buildings were then reconstructed in permanent, light - weight, poured - in - place concrete, and steel I - beams were hoisted into place for the dome of the rotunda. All the decorations and sculpture were constructed anew. The only changes were the absence of the murals in the dome, two end pylons of the colonnade, and the original ornamentation of the exhibit hall. In 1969, the former Exhibit Hall became home to the Exploratorium interactive museum, and, in 1970, also became the home of the 966 - seat Palace of Fine Arts Theater. In 2003, the City of San Francisco along with the Maybeck Foundation created a public - private partnership to restore the Palace and by 2010 work was done to restore and seismically retrofit the dome, rotunda, colonnades and lagoon. In January 2013, the Exploratorium closed in preparation for its permanent move to the Embarcadero. Today, Australian eucalyptus trees fringe the eastern shore of the lagoon. Many forms of wildlife have made their home there including swans, ducks ( particularly migrating fowl ), geese, turtles, frogs, and raccoons. Panoramic view Palace of Fine Arts : 1919 Design Wide view of the rotunda, an arch and column details Built around a small artificial lagoon, the Palace of Fine Arts is composed of a wide, 1,100 ft ( 340 m ) pergola around a central rotunda situated by the water. The lagoon was intended to echo those found in classical settings in Europe, where the expanse of water provides a mirror surface to reflect the grand buildings and an undisturbed vista to appreciate them from a distance. Ornamentation includes Bruno Louis Zimm 's three repeating panels around the entablature of the rotunda, representing `` The Struggle for the Beautiful '', symbolizing Greek culture. while Ulric Ellerhusen supplied the weeping women atop the colonnade and the sculptured frieze and allegorical figures representing Contemplation, Wonderment and Meditation. The underside of the Palace rotunda 's dome features eight large insets, which originally contained murals by Robert Reid. Four depicted the conception and birth of Art, `` its commitment to the Earth, its progress and acceptance by the human intellect, '' and the four `` golds '' of California ( poppies, citrus fruits, metallic gold, and wheat ). Other surviving buildings of the Exhibition The Palace of Fine Arts was not the only building from the exposition to escape demolition. The Japanese Tea House ( not to be confused with the Japanese Tea House that remains in Golden Gate Park, which dates from an 1894 fair ) was purchased in 1915 by land baron E.D. Swift and was transported by barge down the Bay to Belmont, California where it stands to this day. The Wisconsin and Virginia buildings were relocated to Marin County. The Ohio building was shipped to San Mateo County, where it survived until the 1950s. The Column of Progress stood for a decade after the close of the Exhibition, but was then demolished to accommodate traffic on Marina Boulevard. Although not built on the exhibition grounds, the only other structure from it still standing in its original location is the San Francisco Civic Auditorium, known now as the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. The Legion of Honor Museum, in Lincoln Park, is a full - scale replica of the French Pavilion at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, which in turn was a three - quarter - scale version of the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur also known as the Hôtel de Salm in Paris by George Applegarth and H. Guillaume. At the close of the exposition, the French government granted Alma Spreckels permission to construct a permanent replica of the French Pavilion, but World War I delayed the groundbreaking until 1921. Gallery Evening with reflection from pond Rotunda lit Exposed night shot Interior rotunda dome In popular culture This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2017 ) The Palace of Fine Arts has often been seen in films such as Vertigo ( 1958 ), Time After Time ( 1979 ), The Room ( 2003 ), and Twisted ( 2004 ) in establishing shots, key sequences, or cutaway scenes. The Palace of Fine Arts has served as the backdrop for set pieces in So I Married An Axe Murderer ( 1993 ) and The Rock ( 1996 ). See also San Francisco Bay Area portal 49 - Mile Scenic Drive List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks References Jump up ^ National Park Service ( 2009 - 03 - 13 ). `` National Register Information System ''. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Jump up ^ `` City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks ''. City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Golden Dreams ''. Disney 's California Adventure. Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on 2007 - 04 - 06. Retrieved 2007 - 05 - 11. Jump up ^ The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco : Panama - Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 Jump up ^ McCoy, Esther ( 1960 ). Five California Architects. New York : Reinhold Publishing Corporation. p. 6. ASIN B000I3Z52W. Jump up ^ The Palace of Fine Arts : A Short History Jump up ^ The Palace of Fine Arts : Rebuilding Archived 2012 - 10 - 12 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` A Short History ''. The Maybeck Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2012. Jump up ^ Palace of Fine Arts, Official Website, background Archived 2011 - 01 - 01 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ A Treasury of World 's Fair Art & Architecture : Palace of Fine Arts Jump up ^ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Marina Neighborhood Jump up ^ The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition, A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Architectural Compositions of the Panama - Pacific International Exposition by Louis Christian Mullgardt Jump up ^ Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue, 156th Street of Broadway New York, The National Sculpture Society 1923 p. 55 Jump up ^ Macomber, Ben ( 1915 ). `` The Palace of Fine Arts and its Exhibit, With the Awards ''. The Jewel City : Its Planning and Achievement ; Its Architecture, Sculpture, Symbolism, and Music ; Its Gardens, Palaces, and Exhibits. San Francisco and Tacoma : John H. Williams, Publisher. Jump up ^ The Art of the Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus Jump up ^ History of The Vans restaurant Jump up ^ Lipsky, William ( 2005 ). San Francisco 's Panama - Pacific International Exposition. Arcadia Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 0 - 7385 - 3009 - 3. Jump up ^ `` History of the Legion of Honor ''. External links SF Rec & Parks.org : Palace of Fine Arts Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Archive.org : Catalogue de luxe of the Department of Fine Arts, Panama - Pacific International Exposition, 1915 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco. 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Question: where is the palace of fine arts located
Answer: Marina District of San Francisco, California