Pacific Heights in San Francisco City and County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2151 Sacramento Street

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, December 12, 2020

1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Marker

Inscription.
This house, built in 1881, was once occupied by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.

Location. 37° 47.429′ N, 122° 25.698′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Pacific Heights. It is on Sacramento Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2151 Sacramento Street, San Francisco CA 94109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on California’s Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: House of Gerhard F. Terschuren (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Soto Mission of San Francisco (approx. ¼ mile away); Haas-Lilienthal House (approx. ¼ mile away); Issei Women's Legacy (approx. 0.3 miles away); A New Ballgame (approx. 0.3 miles away); Uoki Sakai (approx. 0.3 miles away); Talbot-Dutton House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.

Regarding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
"For many years native San Franciscans, transplants, and tourists have been pleased and surprised to spot a polished brass plaque on a beautiful little graystone building on Sacramento across from Lafayette Park that reads: “This house, built in 1881,

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was once occupied by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” It looks like an appropriate residence for the doctor who invented Sherlock Holmes. But a little research reveals that the author never actually lived there. He merely visited one of its occupants, Dr. Abrams, and probably only for a few hours, at that, in 1923, during a San Francisco stop on a U.S. lecture tour. Conan Doyle and his wife were staying at the Clift Hotel, where there is no plaque in evidence..."

SFWeekly, March 28, 2008

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, December 12, 2020

2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Marker - wide view

Credits. This page was last revised on March 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2020, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 2,294 times since then and 144 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 16, 2020, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.