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The Victorian Alliance of San Francisco is The City’s oldest all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization committed to restoring and preserving historically significant structures. Our passion lies in the world-renowned residential buildings for which our great city is famous: the Victorians.

Our work extends beyond our city’s borders and through different styles and eras to foster and promote the value of all historically significant structures, landscapes, and artifacts to enrich communities far and wide.

The organization was founded in 1973 when key legislation known as “urban development” slated vast swaths of San Francisco’s historic buildings for destruction. The Victorian Alliance of San Francisco has continuously met as a membership, shared our hands-on restoration knowledge, lobbied, educated, held fundraisers, toured prominent places, and made grants to various preservation and restoration projects. We actively support the preservation efforts of individual citizens and our elected and appointed representatives.

Our mission is to protect architectural heritage throughout San Francisco. We have evolved into a dynamic social organization with advocacy, grant funding, and educational outreach to support our mission statement.
The Victorian Alliance of San Francisco welcomes everyone interested in and committed to restoring and preserving architecture, landscapes, and artifacts from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Our members include homeowners, renters, artisans, craftspersons, architects, historians, artists, business leaders, and families. We welcome all communities to our organization!