India Basin Shipwright’s Cottage

Page & Turnbull provided an array of preservation services for organizations overseeing land in India Basin, a historic waterfront site in southeastern San Francisco redeveloped for residential and commercial use alongside a new municipal park.

The partners of the India Basin Waterfront Park project include the Trust for Public Land, San Francisco Parks Alliance, A. Philip Randolph Institute, San Francisco Recreation and Parks, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community. Page & Turnbull’s initial work included a Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) to assess the historic status of properties within the 38-acre site and a Feasibility Study for the preservation of the Shipwright’s Cottage – a designated San Francisco landmark built in 1875.

Subsequent project work involved the implementation of Cultural Resource Mitigation Measures required by CEQA, including HABS documentation, salvage, interpretive programming, a Historic Preservation Plan, and vibration monitoring during construction. In addition to our consultations, Page & Turnbull served as Preservation Architect for the rehabilitation of the Shipwright’s Cottage which now serves as a welcome center for the park. The interior of the cottage has been thoughtfully curated to showcase the interpretive elements of historic tools, wallpaper, and salvaged artifacts. A robust interpretive program links adjacent buildings and cultural landscape features to the community of wood boat builders that were active at the shoreline site since the 1870s.