St Paul's
Unfinished History
1911 image of St. Paul's, bastion of SF's Irish Catholics.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
1935 picture of St. Paul's Church.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
During the 1980s and into the 1990s (this photo is 1997) St. Paul's was a sanctuary for refugees from the U.S.-sponsored wars in Central America. And in the early 1970s it provided shelter to UFW organizers during the long effort to unionize California's farmworkers.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Note: St. Paul's is currently undergoing some renovation of it's spires... It'd be great if someone could add photos and notes about that here. Here is an article about it from the Noe Valley Voice: http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/2009/October/StP.htm
The steeples have been renovated. May 2010
Photo: Michael Greene, San Francisco, CA
St. Paul's, April 2020.
Photo: Chris Carlsson