San Francisco Ferry Building

San Francisco Ferry Building
The Ferry Building, along the Embarcadero. Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island, and the Bay Bridge can be seen in the background, with Embarcadero Plaza and the foot of Market Street in the foreground.
General information
Location	1 Ferry Building San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′44″N 122°23′37″W / 37.7955°N 122.3937°W / 37.7955; -122.3937
Owned by	Port of San Francisco
Line(s)	Golden Gate Ferry San Francisco Bay Ferry Treasure Island Ferry
Connections	Muni: 6, 7X, 9, 14, 14X, 21, 31 SolTrans: 82 SamTrans: EPX
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 13, 1898
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station The Embarcadero and Washington towards Jones and Beach E Embarcadero Suspended The Embarcadero and Harrison towards 4th and King F Market & Wharves Don Chee Way and Steuart towards 17th Street and Castro
Former services Preceding station Muni Following station Market and Main towards Church and 30th Street J Church (until 1949) Terminus Market and Main towards Brighton and Grafton K Ingleside (until 1941) Market and Main towards SF Zoo L Taraval (until 1948) Market and Main towards Broad and Plymouth M Ocean View (until 1948) Market and Main towards Ocean Beach N Judah (until 1941) Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Terminus Connection to San Francisco via Ferry Oakland Pier Terminus Alameda Mole Terminus Preceding station Key System Following station Terminus Connection to San Francisco via Ferry Key System Mole Terminus Preceding station Northwestern Pacific Railroad Following station Terminus Connection to San Francisco via Ferry Sausalito Terminus
Union Ferry Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
San Francisco Designated Landmark No. 90
Area	2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Architect	A. Page Brown
Architectural style	Eclectic, Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	78000760[1]
SFDL No.	90
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1978
Designated SFDL	1977[2]
Location

The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a food hall^[3] and an office building. It is located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California and is served by Golden Gate Ferry and San Francisco Bay Ferry routes.

On top of the building is a 245-foot-tall (75 m) clock tower with four clock dials, each 22 feet (6.7 m) in diameter, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city.

Designed in 1892 by American architect A. Page Brown in the Beaux-Arts style, the ferry building was completed in 1898. At its opening, it was the largest project undertaken in the city up to that time. One of Brown's design inspirations for the clock tower may have been the current 16th-century iteration of the 12th-century Giralda bell tower in Seville, Spain. The entire length of the building on both frontages is based on an arched arcade.

With decreased use since the 1950s, after bridges were constructed to carry transbay traffic and most streetcar routes were converted to buses, the building was adapted to office use and its public spaces broken up. In 2002, a restoration and renovation were undertaken to redevelop the entire complex. The 660-foot-long (200 m) Great Nave was restored, together with its height and materials. A marketplace was created on the ground floor, the former baggage handling area. The second and third floors were adapted for office and Port Commission use. On every hour during daylight, the clock bell chimes portions of the Westminster Quarters. The ferry terminal is a designated San Francisco landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.