San Francisco Ferry Building

ferry terminal in San Francisco, California
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San Francisco Ferry Building

Summary

San Francisco Ferry Building is a passenger ship terminal[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of passenger_ship_terminal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (620 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • San Francisco Ferry Building is located in San Francisco[3].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building is in the country of United States[4].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's instance of is recorded as passenger ship terminal[5].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's instance of is recorded as food hall[6].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's instance of is recorded as public transport stop[7].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's architect is recorded as A. Page Brown[8].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's architectural style is recorded as Beaux-Arts[9].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Larkspur Landing[10].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Richmond Ferry Terminal[11].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Main Street Alameda Ferry Terminal[12].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Vallejo Station[13].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Pier 41[14].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Sausalito Ferry Terminal[15].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Tiburon Ferry Terminal[16].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal[17].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Alameda Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal[18].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Treasure Island Ferry Terminal[19].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's adjacent station is recorded as Oakland Ferry Terminal[20].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's Commons category is recorded as Ferry Building[21].
  • 1898 marks the founding of San Francisco Ferry Building[22].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.79555555555555, 'lon': -122.39361111111111}[23].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's interchange station is recorded as Embarcadero station[24].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's official website is recorded as https://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com[25].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's connecting service is recorded as Larkspur–San Francisco ferry[26].
  • San Francisco Ferry Building's connecting service is recorded as Richmond–San Francisco ferry[27].

Body

Geography

San Francisco Ferry Building is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in San Francisco[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include passenger ship terminal[5], food hall[6], and public transport stop[7]. San Francisco Ferry Building's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[28].

History and Context

1898 marks the founding of San Francisco Ferry Building[22].

Why It Matters

San Francisco Ferry Building ranks in the top 3% of passenger_ship_terminal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (620 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . sfgate.com. Retrieved . sfgate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Ivyclaw33 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 13
    Gnd id → 1330431529
    Instance of → passenger ship terminal, food hall, public transport stop
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ja', 'nl', 'pa', 'ru', 'ur', 'z
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q548662]]"
  2. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 558731934
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10689]]: 558731934, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/558731934 in United States"
  3. 18w ago · Abductive · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.79555555555555, 'lon': -122.39361111111111}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P625]]: 37°47'44"N, 122°23'37"W"
  4. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of the Ferry Building
    Architect → A. Page Brown
    Inception → —
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Building", "FerryBuilding::5rdwr"]
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "FerryBuilding::5rdwr"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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