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November 17 1910 Taken at the opening and dedication of the Mission Turnverein building.
Mission Turnverein
AKA Dovre HallAKA Women\'s Building3543 18th Street Between Valencia and Guerrero
Built 1910
This building, in the Mission revival style, was designed by Bay Area architect Reinhold Denke for the German-Americans Turnverein Society to provide gymnastic and meeting facilities.
For the next 25 years, Mission Turn Hall as it was known, served all populations in the heterogeneous Mission District. The building provided after-school classes for youngsters, a monthly exhibition followed by a social and dance, weddings, receptions, and parties. The Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West were tenants in the building for fifty years.
In 1935, the Sons of Norway and the Daughters of Norway purchased the building and renamed it Dovre Hall, after a mountain range in Norway.
In 1978, the building was purchased by the San Francisco Women\'s Centers Inc. and renamed the Women\'s Building.
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