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Historical Markers and War Memorials in San Francisco
San Francisco, California and Vicinity
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| | La Paz y Bien -- Peace and Goodness
Founded in 1776 by Fray Francisco Palou, OFM and built by people of the Ohlone nation in the village of Chutchui 1788-1791.
To them we pay homage as the founders and first builders of this community and . . . — — Map (db m72507) HM |
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In memory of
Leonard Matlovich
who lived in this building for several years.
His epitaph reads:
A Gay Vietnam Veteran
When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.
Never . . . — — Map (db m64100) HM |
| | Charles August Fey began inventing and manufacturing slot machines in 1894. Fey pioneered many innovations of coin operated gaming devices in his San Francisco workshop at 406 Market Street, including the original three-reel bell slot machine in . . . — — Map (db m29118) HM |
| | Visit America’s answer to Hitler’s U-Boats – one of the last 2,710 identical armed Merchant Ships built to carry “beans, bullets and black oil" to our fighting men around the world. The goal was to build them faster than the enemy could . . . — — Map (db m76503) HM WM |
| | Lincoln Beachey was born in San Francisco and called the city “home” all his short life. His aerial adventures started at age 18, flying dirigibles. Beachey made the world’s first air mail delivery during an air show in Portland, Oregon, . . . — — Map (db m81561) HM |
| | The area bounded by Montgomery, Pacific, Jackson and Kearny streets was known as “Chilecito” or “Little Chile” & was established during the gold rush period by Chilean settlers. — — Map (db m58384) HM |
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Lombard Street is known as the "Crookedest Street" in the World. You will climb 253 steps on the left side and 249 steps on the right side of the street. There are 8 switchbacks and 12 flowerbeds with over 2000 blue and purple hydrangeas. The . . . — — Map (db m132206) HM |
| | This trail witnessed the passing of Spanish soldiers, Franciscan missionaries and American soldiers of two centuries. It is perhaps the oldest travel corridor in San Francisco.
In 1776 this path connected the Spanish Presidio with the mission, . . . — — Map (db m72484) HM |
| | To Remember
Christmas Eve • 1910
when
Luisa Tetrazzini
sang to the people
of San Francisco
on this spot — — Map (db m103373) HM |
| | This is the site of Lupo’s Restaurant which introduced Pizza to the West coast in 1935.
The original brick oven, fired by oakwood, is still in use here at Tommaso’s — — Map (db m73069) HM |
| | This marker is one of a series intended to commemorate the 150 years of the Port of San Francisco. It is composed of a captioned photograph and text entitled Did you know... mounted on a cylindrical metal pylon.
The SS Malolo, . . . — — Map (db m73133) HM |
| | There are two markers mounted on opposite sides of the flagpole base in the Marina Green
This plaque marks the site of the
Marina Air Field
The first terminus of the
United States Post Office Dept.
Trans-Continental
Air . . . — — Map (db m70028) HM |
| | The Mark Hopkins Hotel was conceived, financed and built by Comstock Lode mining engineer George D. Smith who operated it from its opening in December 1926 through January 1962. He directed the evolution of the hotel from a semi-residential to a . . . — — Map (db m71456) HM |
| | Mother of Civil Rights in California.
She supported the western terminus of the underground railway for fugitive slaves, 1850-1865. This legendary pioneer once lived on this site and planted these six trees.
Placed by the San . . . — — Map (db m85557) HM |
| | Alcaldes
Francisco DeHaro (1834) • Jose Joaquin Estudillo (1835) • Francisco Guerrero (1836) • Ignacio Martinez (1837) •
Francisco DeHaro (1838-1839) • Francisco Guerrero (1839-1841) • Jose de Jesus Noe (1842) • Francisco Sanchez (1843) • . . . — — Map (db m71916) HM |
| | Joseph Strauss dreamed of a golden bridge spanning San Francisco Bay.
But people opposed it fearing it would never survive the strong tides, it would lower property values, it would ruin the view. More than 2,000 lawsuits were filed to stop . . . — — Map (db m90765) HM |
| | City and County of San Francisco Designated Landmark No. 261
The Reid Brothers, Architect
Samuel H. Levin, Owner
1941
Otto A. Deichmann and Timothy L. Pflueger, Architect (Remodel)
The original design of the Metropolitan . . . — — Map (db m135664) HM |
| | This Property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Metropolitan Club
Incorporated in 1915 as the
Woman’s Athletic Club of San Francisco
Bliss & . . . — — Map (db m71912) HM |
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Formerly Hotel Lafayette
This building is listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
Uptown Tenderloin Historic District — — Map (db m136519) HM |
| | The weathered stones in the limestone wall that frames this garden were once part of the Cistercian Monastery in Santa Maria de Ovila in Spain.
1188 The monastery was founded, and for over six centuries it dominated its surroundings near . . . — — Map (db m106634) HM |
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Father of Mexican Independence
1753-1811
The liberation of Mexico, after 300 years of domination by Spain, started on September 16, 1810, in the town of Dolores in what is now the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. . . . — — Map (db m120367) HM |
| | On approximately this spot
Miles Archer,
partner of Sam Spade,
was done in by
Brigid O’Shaughnessy — — Map (db m71672) HM |
| | This building was the site of the first class of the Military Intelligence Service Language School
November 1941 - April 1942
Eventually, six thousand Japanese-American soldier graduates served their country valiantly in the Pacific area . . . — — Map (db m29989) HM |
| | In 1936 almost half of Mint Hill was removed to create a flat base for the Mint.
In 1947 Duboce Avenue east of the Sunset Tunnel was crowded with automobiles as shoppers thronged to the farmers’ market.
The area near Market and Church . . . — — Map (db m128827) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m72525) HM |
| | Originally opened in 1934, Mona's Club moved to 440 Broadway in 1939 and is credited with being San Francisco's first openly lesbian club. The venue featured female entertainers dressed as men, an inverse to the transgender theme of nearby . . . — — Map (db m116012) HM |
| | In the years between the Civil War (1861-1864(sic)) and the Spanish-American War (1898), the health of the army improved drastically. The new concern for soldiers’ well-being; the emphasis on sanitation, which became realizable in the new . . . — — Map (db m72483) HM |
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"In the years between the Civil War [1861-64] and the Spanish-American War [1898], the health of the army improved drastically. The new concern for soldiers’ well-being; the emphasis on sanitation, which became realizable in the new buildings . . . — — Map (db m132483) HM |
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In 1947, the first restoration project executed included minor repairs to the windmill and replacement of the sail stocks. The 114-foot spars made out of 6 tons of laminated wood were shipped from Portland, Oregon to replace two deteriorated . . . — — Map (db m133484) HM |
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Natural Resources are either renewable or non-renewable. Non-renewable resources like coal, petroleum, and natural gas were formed hundreds of millions of years ago from ancient living plants and animals. After millions of years, these . . . — — Map (db m133571) |
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Windmills, including the Murphy Windmill and the Dutch Windmill to the north, are structures that harness the power of wind energy to perform work. Throughout history, windmills have been used to grind wheat, cut wood, generate electricity, and . . . — — Map (db m133577) HM |
| | The building to the right was a band barracks, Music kept Army marchers in step, rallied troops in battle, enhanced ceremonies and solemnized burials. Each day at the Presidio began at 6 a.m. with the boom of a cannon and a bugle sounding a rousing . . . — — Map (db m129318) HM |
| | The Order of the Native Daughters of the Golden West was founded on September 25, 1886. In 1899, a Home was established providing our members with "...rest, serenity and an abiding place of affection..."
This structure is our fourth Home in San . . . — — Map (db m143240) HM |
| | Originally dedicated Sept. 15, 1912
Rededicated on the 100th anniversary Sept. 16, 2012 in memory of those who had the foresight to construct this building.
Directors 1912
James D. Phelan • Chas. M. Belshaw • Lewis F. Byington • Louis . . . — — Map (db m71900) HM |
| | Deep channels make San Francisco’s remarkable harbor accessible to immense ships. On the other hand, a narrow entrance, swift currents, high winds, rocks, and fog make navigating the Golden Gate treacherous. Early mariners looked for on-shore . . . — — Map (db m48641) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m12616) HM |
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The Alcatraz water tower is one of the most visible landmarks in San Francisco Bay. As such, it was an ideal place for American Indians who occupied the island to broadcast their message of "peace and freedom" to the world. Standing on each . . . — — Map (db m133766) HM |
| | Formerly YMCA Hotel
This building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m90171) HM |
| | Feusier Octagon House
Built by George Kenney
circa 1852
Occupied by
the Feusier Family
for over 80 years — — Map (db m69987) HM |
| | Jane Warner spent two decades keeping the peace in the city's Castro, Noe Valley and Mission neighborhoods as a San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer. To her many friends, she was simply known as "Officer Jane".
She was dedicated not only . . . — — Map (db m64229) HM |
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When Alcatraz became a federal penitentiary, this building was dubbed the "Officer's Club." Soon known by island residents as the "Social Hall," it was used by prison staff and their families for parties, dances, and other sorts of recreation. . . . — — Map (db m133610) HM |
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New additions should be designed and constructed so that the character-defining feautures of the historic building are not radically changed, obscured, damaged, or destroyed in the process of rehabilitaion. New design should always be clearly . . . — — Map (db m132465) HM |
| | From 1864 until 1899 this building served
as the Presidio's principal medical facility.
This hospital originally consisted of a
kitchen, ten rooms holding about 50 beds,
and a morgue. It was later expanded to
include a surgical wing and a . . . — — Map (db m144302) HM |
| | After a 178 day voyage from New York via Cape Horn in 1849 the sailing ship "Arkansas" arrived in San Francisco Bay. Among her 112 passengers were 76 Methodists, all bound for the gold fields or church propagation. The ship was nearly lost while . . . — — Map (db m33272) HM |
| | The oldest building still standing
on the Presidi0, constructed by the
United States Army.
1857 — — Map (db m144300) HM |
| | 1937 - 2007 Established in 1937 by Tony Rodin, Original Joe's served hearty Italian food to over 8 million customers for the next six decades. Known for an open door policy, the legendary restaurant fed the rich and poor alike. Family members . . . — — Map (db m90863) HM |
| | In August 1852, Abraham Brown, Thomas Bundy, Thomas Davenport, Willie Denton, Harry Fields, George Lewis, Fielding Spotts, and Eliza and William Davis organized the church in the Davis home. The congregation purchased the old First Baptist Church . . . — — Map (db m52644) HM |
| | Irish dramatist, poet, novelist and essayist known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, glittering conversation and enduring artistic achievements
Oscar Wilde — — Map (db m98068) HM |
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Headquarters of
Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company
Category I
Historically Significant — — Map (db m71945) HM |
| | "The Eppleton Hall is the handiest type of tug that was ever built." - Captain John Gibson, Sunderland, England.
Eppleton Hall is typical of the tugs used in the coal ports of Northern England to tow barges and shipping. Similar . . . — — Map (db m101806) HM |
| | This Building is Listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
Uptown Tenderloin Historic District — — Map (db m135973) HM |
| | Designed by Albert Pissis in 1896, the former Parrot Building that occupied this site housed the Emporium Department Store on the first two floors. Other tenants included the Supreme Court of California on the fifth floor. The building was . . . — — Map (db m71897) HM |
| | Alson, Aptos, Carquin, Huchiun, Oljon, Tamien, Matsun, Rumsen, Yelamu … these are jst a few of the 50 or so Indian tribes that populated the coastal area from Carquinez Strait to south of Monterey Bay. For at least 10,000 years prior to European . . . — — Map (db m129317) HM |
| | “After 35 years, 8 months and 10 days we tie up for good. This ends 103 years of stern wheel navigation of S.F. Bay and tributaries. John H. Urton, Master”
Final Log Entry, dated August 24, 1950.
The . . . — — Map (db m63393) HM |
| | Bordering the infamous 19th century Barbary Coast
neighborhood of Sydney Town (bound by Kearny,
Sansome, Green and Broadway), these steps were
renamed in honor of Italian American modernist
jeweler and sculptor Peter Macchiarini in . . . — — Map (db m153022) HM |
| | was built in 1908 by philanthropist, humanitarian, and statesman James D. Phelan. This spectacular Flatiron style building was designed by William Curlett, one of the foremost architects of the Victorian-era and founding father of the AIA San . . . — — Map (db m71870) HM |
| | "Some wonderful changes
have been effected along
the San Francisco water
front, and the dilapidated,
unsightly buildings which
once distorted the bay and
street frontages are,
happily, gradually giving
way to substantive
structures, . . . — — Map (db m157026) HM |
| | "...take a transbay ferry
and, in the early morning,
gaze back at the receding
city, where water, hills
and building are
combined into a picture
that has composition,
feeling and life."
1930
The 1930s saw the highest
recorded . . . — — Map (db m157041) HM |
| | "It was a stroke of good
fortune for the movement
of world commerce that
nature, in selecting a
location for her greatest
landlocked harbor, chose
this very central portion
of the continent."
1921
During the first half of the 20th . . . — — Map (db m157306) HM |
| | "...nothing ever comes to
the working man or
woman on a silver platter,
free, gratis...every crumb,
every thing we get has to
be fought for..."
1994 (60th anniversary of the strike)
As the Great Depression wore on,
working . . . — — Map (db m157043) HM |
| | Pier 1 ½ and Pier 3 were built in 1917-1919 for use by riverboats to connect San Francisco to Sacramento and the San Joaquin River. Pier 1 ½ was built as a passenger terminal while Pier 3 was used for freight. The central pavilion at Pier . . . — — Map (db m73461) HM |
| | In remembrance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victims of the Nazi regime (1933-1945)
Artists: Robert Bruce and Susan Martin
A non-profit project sponsored by neighbors, businesses, city agencies, and the Eureka Valley Promotion . . . — — Map (db m134661) WM |
| | [Panel 1:] Pioneer Monument
Sculptor, Frank Happersberger (1859-1932)
Dedicated to the City of San Francisco on November 29, 1894, the Pioneer Monument was a gift of philanthropist James Lick. Lick, who died in 1876, left . . . — — Map (db m32183) HM |
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In the 1860's, San Francisco was a booming city fueled by the Gold Rush and the first transcontinental railroad. Civic leaders envisioned a large park and arboretum similar to those in European cities and the eastern United States. Skeptics . . . — — Map (db m106635) HM |
| | Founded in 1894 to teach vocational skills, it produced generations of scholars, athletes, workers, creative thinkers, and informed citizens.
The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed the original school building at Bush and Stockton streets, and a . . . — — Map (db m131047) HM |
| | The first Pony Express rider to reach San Francisco on the final relay carrying mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California, arrived in this city Apr. 14, 1860 aboard the River Str. ‘Antelope’. Led by a band and several engine companies, a . . . — — Map (db m84866) HM |
| | Nearby was the location of the Broadway Wharf. The wharf extended from Broadway and Davis Streets east to this location. All of the Pony Express mail that was delivered to and from San Francisco used this wharf. The Pony Express ran from April 3, . . . — — Map (db m63717) HM |
| | Named for U.S.S. Portsmouth commanded by Capt. John B. Montgomery, after whom Montgomery Street was named. It was here on the plaza that Capt. Montgomery first raised the American flag near the Mexican adobe custom house on July 9, 1846. This plaza . . . — — Map (db m143438) HM |
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Early in the twentieth century, the Presidio became the Army's most prestigious west coast installation. The Army began constructing Mission style buildings with white walls and red tile roofs to reflect the post's California heritage. This Post . . . — — Map (db m132480) HM |
| | Formally established on September 17, 1776, the San Francisco Presidio has been used as a military headquarters by Spain, Mexico, and the United States. It was a major command post during the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars . . . — — Map (db m10743) HM |
| | The ferryboat Klamath was built in San Francisco in 1925 and often operated out of Hyde Street Pier. These steel propellers were taken off when she was converted to office space in 1964. Both propellers show signs of cavitation, which occurs . . . — — Map (db m117351) HM |
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Throughout the military and penitentiary years, Alcatraz was much like a small town. Keeping the town going—and the convicts under control—depended on the uninterrupted service of the power plant to your left and the warehouse . . . — — Map (db m133621) HM |
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This shipbuilding site was known
to have state-of-the-art equipment
throughout its existence. Recovered
from historic Union Iron Works
Building 113, this press was used
to drill holes (and even stamp
markings and indentations) . . . — — Map (db m159387) HM |
| | On this spot
the American flag
was first raised
in San Francisco
by Commander
John B. Montgomery
of the U.S.S. Portsmouth
July 9, 1846 — — Map (db m81722) HM |
| | This marker stretches between 3rd and 4th Streets on the east side of King Street. At opposite ends are two identical Ramaytush plaques. In between are 104 mini-plaques, in two parallel rows, each with a known word in the Ramaytush language. . . . — — Map (db m144410) HM |
| | Influential author and journalist, the first openly gay reporter to cover LGBT issues for American mainstream media
Randy Shilts — — Map (db m98161) HM |
| | Look up First Street towards the remnants of Rincon Hill; in the 1850s it was the first fashionable residential neighborhood in the city. When the excitement of the Gold Rush subsided, San Franciscans looked around for the best place to build a . . . — — Map (db m72698) HM |
| | Ever since the modern suspension bridge was invented in the early 1800s, one of the biggest challenges engineers have faced is preventing these flexible structures from moving too much in the wind.
A storm on December 1, 1951, caused the Golden . . . — — Map (db m131193) HM |
| | San Francisco entrepreneur and sports advocate who worked within the City's bar culture to create social activism — — Map (db m120448) HM |
| | A fashionable neighborhood in the 1860s, Rincon Hill was the home of
William Tecumseh Sherman, William C. Ralston, William Gwin, H. H.
Bancroft, and others. By the 1880s the hill, already partially leveled,
became a working class district. Today . . . — — Map (db m135535) HM |
| | Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to detect the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He left Norway with a crew of six on June 16 of 1903 in 1 . . . — — Map (db m21336) HM |
| | 1874–1963.
This great poet was born in San Francisco, March 26, 1874. First child of William Prescott Frost Jr. and Isabelle Moodie Frost. He lived in seven houses here all east of Van Ness Avenue and North of Market Street. Upon his . . . — — Map (db m639) HM |
| | Lodged at 608 Bush Street, December 1879 - March 1880, and there wrote essays, poems autobiography and fiction.
Plaque placed by admirers of the author in cooperation with the California Historical Society.
July 26, 1972 — — Map (db m18388) HM |
| | Russian Hill was named for the graves of several sailors of the “Russian-American Company,” who died here in the early 1840s. During the Gold Rush the 49ers found their graves, marked by wooden crosses, at the top of this hill and added . . . — — Map (db m69988) HM |
| | In memory of the selfless and courageous actions of the Russian Imperial Navy sailors while saving the lives of many city residents in suppressing the great fire in San Francisco on October 23, 1863.
A close Russian translation on the . . . — — Map (db m73087) HM |
| | Physicist and astronaut, the first
American woman in space, where as a
mission specialist she helped to
launch satellites and conduct
scientific experiments
Sally Ride — — Map (db m120150) HM |
| | "Here a bath is a matter of stepping off the porch, a stroll is taken in a boat, and a splash of oars announces butcher and baker." - Albert B. Hunt in Houseboats and Houseboating. 1905
This little houseboat, referred to locally . . . — — Map (db m101777) HM |
| | This tablet marks the shore line of San Francisco Bay at the time of the discovery of gold in California, January 24, 1848. Map reproduced above delineates old shore line. — — Map (db m638) HM |
| | This building is the last of the Barbary Coast saloons. Prior to the great earthquake and fire of 1906, this was the site of the infamous Billy Goat Saloon, operated by Pigeon-Toed Sal.
After reconstruction, the original Andromeda Saloon opened . . . — — Map (db m58491) HM |
| | This site was dedicated for public school use in 1858. Two schools were established on this site: Webster Primary School (1860 to 1906) and Lincoln Grammar School (1865 to 1906). In 1874 the Board of Education leased the Market Street frontage for . . . — — Map (db m72615) HM |
| | The shore line of San Francisco Bay reached a point twenty-five feet northeasterly from this spot at the time gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Coloma, California, January 24, 1848.
Map of old water line shown on tablet on opposite . . . — — Map (db m71806) HM |
| | A San Francisco City
Landmark No. 181
California's
First Municipal
Lawn Bowling Greens
Established 1901 — — Map (db m28756) HM |
| | “Let it be your greatest joy to teach my child that I was one who loved my country more than life. It is the only legacy I can bequeath to him, but it is one that a prince might well be proud of.” — From the diary of an . . . — — Map (db m81648) HM |
| | First the Spanish and then the American military used this bluff to guard the harbor against hostile invasion. As the 19th century came to a close, Fort Mason’s mission shifted from keeping enemy ships out of the bay to sending U.S. military ships . . . — — Map (db m70000) HM |
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Army’s primary depot for Pacific operation
First garrisoned by U.S. Army troops during the Civil War, Fort Mason later played a key role in the emergence of the United States as an international power. Throughout the 1800s, the young . . . — — Map (db m70018) HM |
| | Critical Logistics Center for the Army’s Pacific Operations.
From its start in 1902 as an army hospital, built to accommodate twelve patients, this building went on to become the U. S. Army’s headquarters for troop and supply transport to the . . . — — Map (db m63580) HM |
| | In Honor and Remembrance of San Franciscans Who Served Our Country and Died in the Vietnam War
Eddy Achica • Felizardo Cuenca Aguillaon • Albert Kaiwi Akamu • Daniel Albert Alegke • John Moses Ananian • Gregory Alfred Antunano • Joseph Gregory . . . — — Map (db m71805) WM |
| | Indian people have long held close relationships with the plants. Plants have provided food,
shelter, clothing, baskets, cordage, games, musical instruments, hunting and other tools,
medicines - the list could go on. Plants were, and still are, . . . — — Map (db m155189) HM |
| | The toilets for ordinary sailors were usually located in the front or "head" of the ship and consisted of a series of holes in a plank which allowed for a direct drop into the ocean. From this location came the name "head," which remains a common . . . — — Map (db m101849) HM |
| | Apostle of liberty, humanitarian, Unitarian minister, who in the Civil War bound California to the Union and led her to excel all other states in support of the United States Sanitary Commission, predecessor to the American Red Cross. His statue, . . . — — Map (db m91855) HM |
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