Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop
Historic site in California, United States
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Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop is a historic 1912 building in the Rincon Hill neighborhood at 443 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California, United States.[2] It remained an active blacksmith shop within multiple generations of the same family, from 1912 until 2017.[3]
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San Francisco, California, United States
| Edwin Klockars' Blacksmith Shop | |
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  Location within San Francisco County  Location within California | |
| 37.787465°N 122.394106°W | |
| Location | 443 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California, United States |
| History | |
| Built | 1912 |
| Designated | June 12, 1982[1] |
| Reference no. | 149 |
It has been listed by the city as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since 1992.[1] The building also has a historical marker, erected in 2005 by Capitulus Redivivus Verba Buena.[4]
History
The shop initially was opened by Fred V. Wilbert.[1] In 1928, Wilbert was joined by Edwin August Klockars (1898–1994), a blacksmith from the town of Munsmo in the Western Finland Province in Finland.[1][5]
Tony Rosellini, the former son in-law of Edwin August Klockars, ran the blacksmith business from 1970 until its closure in 2017.[2][3] There had been 2017 plans to restore the building and turn it into a retail marijuana shop, but as of 2023 the building remains unrestored as an art gallery.[3][6]
