San Francisco Art Institute
- Architects
- John Bakewell Jr. Arthur Brown, Jr.
- Year
- 1871
- Style
- modern
- City
- San Francisco, CA
Founded in 1871 as the San Francisco Art Association, the San Francisco Art Institute became the oldest art school west of the Mississippi and one of the oldest in the country, built on the conviction that California's isolation had produced its own artistic tradition worth teaching. After 151 years, the school closed permanently in July 2022.
significance
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the institute is now closed, shuttered permanently in July 2022 after 151 years, ending one of the oldest continuously run art schools in the United States.
nearby
- Ghirardelli Square
- Feusier Octagon House
- Saints Peter and Paul Church, San Francisco
- Alhambra Theatre
- National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi
- Coit Tower