Good Samaritan Center

Unfinished History

The Good Samaritan Center on Potrero Avenue was one of San Francisco's original Settlement Houses, originally built in the early 20th century...

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Good Samaritan Center at 1290 Potrero Avenue, March 1951.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, the building was deemed hopelessly damaged and replaced with this structure.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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19th century Victorians at 1260 Potrero, adjacent to the Good Samaritan Center.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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Same Victorians in 2020.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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Small market at corner of 25th and Potrero, March 1951, with Good Samaritan Center visible in background.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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Same market, 2020.

Photo: Chris Carlsson