Northern Waterfront in San Francisco City and County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

901 battery

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, February 1, 2022

1. 901 battery Marker

Inscription. The Northeast Waterfront Historic District includes commercial warehouse buildings from nearly every decade of San Francisco's significant maritime history. Buildings within the District range from early clipper ship warehouses dating to the 1850s to maritime facilities from World War II. Gold Rush era clipper ships and paddlewheel steamers docked alongside the wharves to unload their cargo, much of which was transported to local warehouses.

901 Battery Street was constructed in 1923 for the Petri Cigar Company. Amadeo Petri established the company in the early 1890s and it became prominent enough to be an official exhibitor at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Business continued to boom for the Petri Cigar Company in the 1920s and soon it became the third largest producer of dry Toscani cigars in the United States. After Prohibition ended in 1933, the building at 901 Battery Street also housed the Petri Wine Company.

Following Petri's relocation to the South of Market area in 1948, the building served as the headquarters for Manning's, Inc., which operated restaurants, cafeterias, and bakeries

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throughout the American West. This reinforced concrete office building at 901 Battery Street is designated as a contributing structure to the Northeast Waterfront Historic District.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.

Location. 37° 47.986′ N, 122° 24.087′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Northern Waterfront. It is on Battery Street south of Green Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 901 Battery Street, San Francisco CA 94111, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on California’s Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bemis Bag Building - 1906

901 battery Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, February 1, 2022

2. 901 battery Marker - wide view

The marker is visible here to the left of the entrance.

(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ship Brooklyn (about 500 feet away); Clark’s Point (about 500 feet away); Farnsworth's Green Street Lab (about 500 feet away); Green Street (about 700 feet away); Old Ship Saloon (about 800 feet away); Vallejo Street (approx. 0.2 miles away); Buried Ships (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.

901 Battery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, February 1, 2022

3. 901 Battery and Marker

Petri Italian-American Cigar Co. Booth image. Click for full size.

Canessa Printing Co. (courtesy of the Henry Madden Library, CSU Fresno), 1915

4. Petri Italian-American Cigar Co. Booth

As noted on the marker, the Petri Cigar Company was well enough regarded to have had a booth at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 736 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 2, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.