Historic American buildings survey
Subtitle: Knights of Pythias building (Salvation Army building), 101 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California
By: [prepared by] Zachary Nathan, AIA architect ; [photographs by David G. De Vries].
Contributors: Kostura, William, 1952-; De Vries, David G.; Nathan, Zachary.; Paff, Charles.; Baur, John.
Publisher: Zachary Nathan
Published: 1995
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Knights of Pythias -- California -- San Francisco.; Salvation Army -- California -- San Francisco.; Fraternal organizations -- California -- San Francisco.; Social service -- California -- San Francisco.; Historic buildings -- California -- San Francisco.; Architecture -- California -- San Francisco.; Mission District (San Francisco, Calif.); San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Other titles: 101 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California; One hundred and one Valencia Street, San Francisco, California; Knights of Pythias building; Salvation Army building; Knights of Pythias building (Salvation Army building), HABS no. CA-2404
Notes: Caption title.

"March 1995."

Includes report and 33 b&w photographic prints: exterior and interior photographs, original 1906 building plans, historic photographs.

"HABS no. CA-2404."

"Prepared by William Kostura, architectural historian."

"The Knights of Pythias Building is a notable and rare surviving example in San Francisco of an early 20th-century building exclusively for a fraternal organization. In a city where many upper class social clubs and several commercial halls survive, this represents the social middle ground. As the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias from 1911 to 1920, it is associated with one of a number of fraternal organizations which played an important role in American social life before World War I. As a regional and local headquarters of the Salvation Army from 1920 to 1989, it is associated with one of the primary social aid organizations in America, beginning in a period before substantial government involvement in social problems"--P. [1].

Built in 1910-1911; architects: Paff and Baur.

Report vol. includes bibliographical references (p.27-30).