McLaren Lodge is an historic building within Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, U.S..

[1] The McLaren Lodge was built in 1896, and designed by architect Edward Robinson Swain.

The building served as the home of the San Francisco park department’s fifth superintendent John McLaren, until his death in 1943.

[4] From 1943 until May 1950, Julian L. Girod became the sixth superintendent of the park department and moved into the housing portion of the building.

[4] After the Girod family left, the building sections were combined to create the newly formed, San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department.