Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop is a historic 1912 building in the Rincon Hill neighborhood at 443 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California, United States.[2] It remained an active blacksmith shop within multiple generations of the same family, from 1912 until 2017.[3]
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| Location | 443 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°47′15″N 122°23′39″W / 37.787465°N 122.394106°W |
| Built | 1912 |
| Designated | June 12, 1982[1] |
| Reference no. | 149 |
  Location of Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop in San Francisco County  Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop (California) | |
It has been listed by the city as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since 1992.[1] The building also has a historical marker, erected in 2005 by Capitulus Redivivus Verba Buena.[4]
History
editThe shop initially was opened by Fred V. Wilbert.[1] In 1928, Wilbert was joined by Edwin August Klockars (1898–1994), a blacksmith from the town of Munsmo in the Western Finland Province in Finland.[1][5]
Tony Rosellini, the former son in-law of Edwin August Klockars, ran the blacksmith business from 1970 until its closure in 2017.[2][3] There had been 2017 plans to restore the building and turn it into a retail marijuana shop, but as of 2023 the building remains unrestored as an art gallery.[3][6]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b c d "San Francisco Landmark #149: Klockars' Blacksmith Shop". noehill.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ a b Barmann, Jay (2012-07-23). "Video: Inside San Francisco's Last Remaining Old-School Blacksmith Shop". SFist. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ a b c King, John (May 31, 2017). "SF blacksmith shop to become Weedsmith pot dispensary". San Francisco Chronicle. ISSN 1932-8672. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Klockars' Blacksmith Shop". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Accardi, Catherine (2012). San Francisco Landmarks. Arcadia Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7385-9580-1.
- ^ "Klockars Blacksmith Shop". FoundSF. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
External links
edit- Video: The City Exposed: Klockars Blacksmithing (2012), from the San Francisco Chronicle on Vimeo