Potrero Hill Neighborhood House

[6] The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House design contained a large lobby with a fireplace, an assembly hall, clubrooms, a kindergarten, and a gymnasium room.

[5] In 1924, the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House structure was moved 90 feet in order to make way for the construction of a new street called Southern Heights Avenue.

William E. Parker, Jr., a pastor of the Olivet Presbyterian Church (located at Missouri and 19th Streets), was concerned about the needs of the community and brought the issue to the San Francisco Presbytery leaders.

[4] In 1919, the California Synodical Society of Home Mission, Inc., a group of women affiliated with the Presbyterian Church made Potrero Hill their first unit of Christian social service by offering adult education courses to the new immigrants.

[5] Today the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House offers community interest–driven adult education, as well as theatre performances and dramatics classes, hosts youth organizations, summer camp sessions, counseling, and more.

Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, after moving in 1924
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, after moving in 1924
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, an adult class