Hartford St Central block
100-199 Hartford St
Originally Mission block 113, houses numbered 1-18 on the west side, and 92-108 on the East, later 1-50, with odd on the west side and even on the east. Renumbered AGAIN poor things, in 1900 when Fernando Nelson began construction of the north block.
The first two blocks of Hartford St appear some time between John Miers Horner and his brother getting the plot in 1854 (map here, look for the pencilled in 112, 113, 114 at the top of the map), and when they had to liquidate due to financial panic in 1857 - there’s an 1858 map showing the wild overlapping land claims, but it does show the two blocks of Hartford clearly labeled. There are rumors that they couldn’t get much money for it because of squatters, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Hartford St had already been settled for awhile.
Hartford St first appears on the 1858 Map of Western Addition Land Claims, after not appearing in the Horner land grant in 1854. We know the Horners had to sell up in 1857.
1874
1886
Sanborn 1886 map for central Hartford
1894
1901
1905
1909
Corners
SW Hartford and Eighteenth. Onestory and basement frame store and flat. Owner, Ira and May Correll; contractor, Wm. M. Reedy, 267 Ellsworth St. Cost, $10,550. Organized Labor, Volume 21, Number 15, 10 April 1920
The above is a facsimile of the Butchers’ Union Market Card. BUTCHERS’ UNION No. 115. The wholesale and retail butchers of San Francisco have organized the Butchers’ Exchange and have joined the Citizens’ Alliance in a body. The president of the Butchers’ Exchange is Herman Schreiber, Hartford Market, corner Hartford and Eighteenth streets; the secretary is J. Larney, of Fanning & Larney… Organized Labor, Volume 5, Number 37, 8 October 1904
People
1868 Langley - first mentions of Hartford st
Bourne Jasper J., brickmaker, dwl E s Hartford nr Eigijteenth Crowley Jeremiah, teamster, dwl E s Hartford nr Nineteenth
Crowley Kate, (widow) dwl E s Hartford bet Eighteenth and Ninete-nth Maloney Patrick, laborer, dwl E s Hartford bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth O’Neil Daniel, laborer, dwl E s Hartford bet Eight- eenth and Nineteenth Tierney Patrick, laborer, dwl E s Hartford bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth
…Skipping ahead a few years…
1880 Langley Residential:
Bean David F.. porter Haas Brothers, r. E s Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth Britton Patrick, laborer, r. E s Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth Glennan Richard, laborer, r. E 8 Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth Glennan William, laborer, r. E s Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth Joost B. & M. (Behrend and Martin) general commission merchants, SW cor Eighteenth and Hartford Maloney Patrick, dairy, E s Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth McMichael Charles, laborer, r. E s Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth Naughtm P., laborer, r. W s Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth Norton Patrick, laborer, r. E s Hartford, bet Eighteenth and Nineteenth Simon George, brushmaker Richard W. Simpson, r. 955 Hartford (Ed note: 955???)
Milk dealers:
Moloney Patrlik, E s Hartford, bet Eighteenth aud Nineteenth
1880: Williges Henry (Williges & Wolters) r. 2 Hartford Williges & Wolters (Henry Williges and William Wolters) wood and coal, 437-439 Castro - This is the space that was in the gap between Meeteer house and the flats next door. A coalyard.