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From the Officer’s Club of the Presidio in San Francisco, these solid wood doors were created in the late 1800’s

Posted on Oct 23, 2011

These solid wood doors were created in the late 1800’s. They were originally hung in the Officer’s Club of the Presidio in San Francisco. They were removed when it was extensively remodeled in 1933-1934. When U.S. troops occupied the post in 1847, they rebuilt the roof of the Spanish Mexican-era adobe. In 1884-1885 a projecting central pavillion-like “assembly room” of wood construction was added to the structure. This is when these doors were added to the structure. The...

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