Golden Gate National Recreational Area - Cultural Resource Publications (U.S. National Park Service)

The following Golden Gate National Recreation Area reports and publications are organized by site. Please scroll through the list to find the areas that you are interested in. Some of the larger documents have been broken down by chapters for easier downloading.

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PARK-WIDE DOCUMENTS

1. The Park that Makes its Own Weather; An Administrative History of Golden Gate National Recreation Area;

Title and Summary (PDF file, 848 kb)
Chapter 1 (PDF file, 8,081 kb)
Chapter 2 (PDF file, 2,981 kb)
Chapter 3 (PDF file, 1,955 kb)
Chapter 4 (PDF file, 1,899 kb)
Chapter 5 (PDF file, 2,948 kb)
Chapter 6 (PDF file, 2,751 kb)
Chapter 7 (PDF file, 2,672 kb)
Chapter 8 (PDF file, 2,240 kb)
Chapter 9 (PDF file, 2,998 kb)
Epilogue (PDF file, 2, 054 kb)

2. Seacoast Fortifications Preservation Manual

Introduction (PDF file, 1,588 kb)
Chapter 1 (PDF file, 2,132 kb)
Chapter 2 (PDF file, 2,339 kb)
Chapter 3 (PDF file, 2,528 kb)
Chapter 4 (PDF file, 795 kb)
Chapter 5 A (PDF file, 2,419 kb)
Chapter 5 B (PDF file, 1,796 kb)
Chapter 6 (PDF file, 1,317 kb)
Chapter 7 (PDF file, 613 kb)
Chapter 8 (PDF file, 1,172 kb)
Chapter 9 (PDF file, 479 kb)
Chapter 10 A (PDF file, 1,835 kb)
Chapter 10 B (PDF file, 2,015 kb)
Bibliography (PDF file, 314 kb)

3. Golden Gate/Point Reyes Historic Resource Study: A Civil History, Vol. 1 (1980)

Golden Gate/Point Reyes Historic Resource Study: A Civil History, Vol. 2 (1980)

4. Seacoast Fortifications San Francisco Harbor Historic Resource Study (1979)

ALCATRAZ DOCUMENTS

1. Alcatraz Island Cultural Landscape Inventory

Statement of Signficance (PDF file, 29 kb)
Physical History Part 1 (PDF file, 872 kb)
Physical History Part 2 (PDF file, 850 kb)
Physical History Part 3 (PDF file, 1,379 kb)

2. Alcatraz Island Main Prison Building Historic Furnishings Report (PDF file, 29.23 mb)

3. Alcatraz Barracks Building 64 Historic Structure Report (PDF file, 15.88 mb)

FORT BAKER DOCUMENTS

1. Cultural Landscape Report for Fort Baker
(PDF file, 3,102 kb)

2. Fort Baker Cultural Landscape Inventory

Statement of Significance (PDF file, 127 kb)
Physical History (PDF file, 759 kb)

3. Forts Baker, Barry and Cronkhite Historic Resource Study (PDF, 11mb)

FORT BARRY DOCUMENTS

1. What We Have, We Shall Defend; An Interim History and Preservation Plan for NIKE Site SF-88L (PDF file, 870 KB)

2. Point Bonita Cultural Landscape Inventory

Statement of Significance (PDF file, 47 kb)
Physical History, Part 1 (PDF file, 989 kb)
Physical History, Part 2 (PDF file, 890 kb)

3. Fort Barry Balloon Hangar Historic Structure Report (PDF file, 5.79 mb)

FORT CRONKHITE DOCUMENTS

1. Fort Cronkhite Historic Furnishings Report (Barracks Building 1059 and Mess Hall Building 1049) (PDF file, 3.73 mb)

FORT MASON DOCUMENTS

1. Fort Mason Cultural Landscape Inventory

Statement of Signficance (PDF file, 128 kb)

2. Fort Mason Cultural Landscape Report (PDF file, 45 mb)

3. San Francisco Port of Embarkation Historic Structure Report (1991) (PDF file, 27 mb)

4. Fort Mason Officers' Club Historic Structure Report (pp. 1-54) (2005) (PDF file, 8.9 mb)

FORT POINT DOCUMENTS

1. United States Coast Guard Fort Point Station Cultural Landscape Inventory

Statement of Significance (PDF file, 27 kb)
Physical History Part 1 (PDF file, 2027 kb)
Physical History Part 2 (PDF file, 2190 kb)

2. Sentry at Golden Gate; A History of Fort Point (PDF file, 62 KB)

3. Fort Point Abbreviated Historic Structure Report, 2006 (PDF file, 4.29 mb)

4. Fort Point Historic Structure Report (Historic Data Section written by Edwin C. Bearss, 1973) (PDF file, 10 mb)

MUIR WOODS DOCUMENTS

1. Muir Woods Historic Resource Study (PDF file, 25,905 kb)

PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO DOCUMENTS

1. El Presidio de San Francisco: A History under Spain & Mexico, 1776-1846 (1992) (PDF file, 656 kb)

2. Defender of the Gate: The Presidio of San Francisco, A History from 1846 - 1995 (1997)

Chapters 1 -3 (PDF file, 5.67 mb)

Chapters 4-7 (PDF file, 8.15 mb)

Chapters 7-10 (PDF file, 7.33 mb)

Chapters 11-14 (PDF file, 7.79 mb)

Chapters 15-17 (PDF file, 7.38 mb)

Chapters 18 -20 (PDF file, 8.09 mb)

Chapters 21 & Special Studies (PDF file, 5.76 mb)

Appendix and Index (PDF file, 7.84 mb)

3. Presidio Gate, Broadway Gate and Vicinity, Cultural Landscape Report (1996) (PDF file, 2 mb)

4. The Last Word In Airfields: A Special History of Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Recreation Area (1994) (PDF file, 10.2 mb)

5. The Presidio of San Francisco 1776-1976: A Collection of Historical Source Materials (1976) (PDF file, 15 mb)

SUTRO HISTORIC DISTRICT DOCUMENTS

1. Sutro Historic District Cultural Landscape Report

Statement of Significance (PDF file, 116 kb)
Physical History, Part 1 (PDF file, 1,622 kb)
Physical History, Part 2 (PDF file, 456 kb)
Physical History, Part 3 (PDF file, 2,682 kb)
Physical History, Part 4 (PDF file, 2,758 kb)
Physical History, Part 5 (PDF file, 1,767 kb)