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Hotel Bristol

c. 1908

 
 
Hotel Bristol Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 16, 2015
1. Hotel Bristol Marker
Inscription.
Formerly the Athens lodgings
Hotel Belmont
This Building is Listed in The
National Register of
Historic Places

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
 
Location. 37° 47.048′ N, 122° 24.551′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Union Square. Marker is at the intersection of Mason Street and Eddy Street, on the right when traveling north on Mason Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 56 Mason Street, San Francisco CA 94102, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ambassador Hotel (a few steps from this marker); West Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); B'nai Brith (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dalt Hotel c. 1910 (about 300 feet away); Dahlia Hotel (about 400 feet away); Andrew S. Hallidie (about 400 feet away); Original Joe's (about 500 feet away); Warfield Hotel (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.
 
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Hotel Bristol Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 16, 2015
2. Hotel Bristol Marker
Hotel Bristol image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 16, 2015
3. Hotel Bristol
This 4 story building was built by an unknown architect in 1908. According to Kaylya Zukofsky, “The Hotel Bristol apparently was the home to Richard Ramirez, better known as the Night Stalker Serial Killer as well as Valerie Solanis, the failed assassin of Andy Warhol who died there in 1983.”
Hotel Bristol image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 16, 2015
4. Hotel Bristol
at the corner of Eddy and Mason
The Breakers Cafe image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 16, 2015
5. The Breakers Cafe
“‘Rigo every night at the Breaker's Cafe’, Eddy and Mason - S. McNaugton, Mgr. 1910” Mural reproducing a 1910 Postcard on the wall of the Bristol Hotel.
Mural image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 16, 2015
6. Mural
Painted By
Academy of Art University
Students

Jae Chan Lee
Amanda Plummer
Layla Skramstad
Katrina Valdez
M. Weins
Carol Nunnolly - Coach
Martha Wade - Coach
The Wolf Pack
Uptown Tenderloin
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,327 times since then and 279 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 24, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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