San Francisco Premiere Packard Showroom

The next time you are ‘touring’ Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco, just sight-​seeing (like a tourist), you might take a closer look at that huge old building at the corner of Pine and Van Ness. Many years ago, when Packard was in its ‘hey-​day’, as one of the première automobiles made here in the United States, the Frawley Motor Co., which was headquartered at 1417 Van Ness Ave. San Francisco, was the première West Coast Dealer for Packard automobiles and this choice Van Ness Avenue location was their Grand Showroom. The huge showroom décor still pervades the ground floor. And most telling, if you look closely at the decorative motif on the upper floors of the building, this in evidence thereupon, is the obvious old Packard emblem!