Where Dewey Blvd and Laguna Honda Blvd. meet
The Forest Hill Station is a Muni Metro station in the Forest Hill neighborhood across from Laguna Honda Hospital.
Built in 1916-1918 the station was originally built as part of the Twin Peaks Tunnel. It is the oldest subway station west of Chicago.
Scenes from the films Dirty Harry (1971) and Milk (2008) were shot inside of this station.
The Forest Hill Muni Station is the deepest station in the San Francisco system.
Forest Hill Station was built in a “restrained classical revival style which has remained largely unaltered to the present. There are also a few decorative features suggestive of an Art Nouveau aesthetic.
The station was the result of a 21-acre donation by Newell-Murdoch who was developing the Forest Hill neighborhood at the time. This donation made sure the new neighborhood was linked to the Twin Peaks tunnel.
At the surface level, period pilasters and archways remain.
At the platform level subway tile in white, black, check pattern is some of the finest in the muni system
Rumor has it that during the height of the Cold War, a plan was allegedly proposed to build a vault in the station in order to protect city records from nuclear attack.
The station was originally named Laguna Honda; lettering with that former name is carved on the station headhouse.
The station in 1921. Photo courtesy of opensfhistory.org
The station in 1926. Photo courtesy of opensfhistory.org
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