Kammala wannan magana: A watan Fabrairun 1874, SFAA ta kafa Makarantar California ta Zane, ta sanya Virgil Macey Williams a matsayin darektan. Daraktocin da suka biyo baya sun hada da: Emil Carlsen (1887<unk>1889), Arthur Mathews (1890<unk>1906), Robert Howe Fletcher, Pedro Joseph de Lemos (1914<unk>1917), Lee Fritz Randolph (1917<unk>1941), da William Alexander Gaw (1941<unk>1945). A cikin 1893, cibiyar ta koma cikin tsohon gidan Mark Hopkins a Nob Hill, ta amfani da sunan Mark Hopkins Cibiyar Fasaha (don ginin amma ba Makarantar Zane ba), kuma ta zama mai alaƙa da Jami'ar California. A shekara ta 1906,
gobarar da ta biyo bayan girgizar kasa ta lalata ginin. An gina sauyawa mai sauƙi a cikin shekara guda, ta amfani da sunan San Francisco Institute of Art.