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Historical Markers and War Memorials in San Francisco
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| Near Hyde Street near Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Eureka was originally launched as the Ukiah, a rail car and passenger ferry. She ran between San Francisco and Tiburon for the San Francisco and Northern Pacific Railroad, later the Northwestern Pacific.
Between 1920 and 1922 . . . — — Map (db m101781) HM |
| On Broadway at Kearny, on the right when traveling west on Broadway. |
| | "Welcome to the world-famous Finocchio's, where the most beautiful women onstage are men." Opened in 1936, Finocchio's cabaret featured female impersonators, both gay and straight, performing in, elaborateshows that drew in sailors and tourists . . . — — Map (db m116050) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Harrison Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | You are facing San Francisco's only waterfront firehouse, built in 1913 for the fireboats and their crews. Fireboats stand by, directly alongside the fire station wharf, always ready for action. All along the waterfront are special manifold pipes . . . — — Map (db m92890) HM |
| On Waverly Place at Sacramento Street, on the left when traveling north on Waverly Place. |
| | {The left side of the marker has the text in English:}
This church was organized on October 3, 1880. The congregation first met in rented quarters on Washington Street across from Portsmouth Square, and moved to the present location in . . . — — Map (db m52875) HM |
| On Montgomery Street at Columbus Avenue on Montgomery Street. |
| | In a second floor room in a store which stood on this location, forty pioneers of Jewish faith gathered on Yom Kippur (5610) September 26, 1849, and participated in the first Jewish religious services in San Francisco.
State Registered Landmark . . . — — Map (db m40514) HM |
| On Fillmore Street near Filbert Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, br
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelhead hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the . . . — — Map (db m135667) HM |
| Near Beach Street north of Larkin Street. |
| | On August 5 1775, the Spanish Packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel Ayala, became the first ship to sail into San Francisco Bay. A month and a half was spent in surveying the Bay from its southern most reaches to the . . . — — Map (db m64008) HM |
| On Lincoln Boulevard at Funston Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Boulevard. |
| |
We march along with faith undaunted /
Beside our gallant fighting men /
whenever they are sick or wounded
We nurse them back to health again
As long as healing hands are wanted
You'll find the nurses of the Corps
-- Anthem of . . . — — Map (db m92064) HM |
| On Embarcadero at Folsom Street, on the right when traveling south on Embarcadero. |
| | The Folsom Street marker originally consisted of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern embedded in the sidewalk. Two of the plaques, the top right plaque and the center right plaque, been lost due to the placement of some utility boxes. The top . . . — — Map (db m72597) HM |
| On Leavenworth Street south of Turk Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 144 Leavenworth Street
c. 1922
Former Film Exchange
Originally owned by legendary
San Francisco real estate developer
Louis R. Lurie.
This building is listed in
The National Register of
Historic Places
Uptown Tenderloin . . . — — Map (db m63655) HM |
| On Commercial Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On this site stood The Eureka Lodging, a boarding house catering to tradesmen and transients. It's most famous resident, Joshua Abraham Norton (1818-1880), Began living here in 1863 and remained for the next 17 years.
Coming from South Africa in . . . — — Map (db m113930) HM |
| Near California Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | The builders of the West, civic and military leaders, jurists, inventors, artists, and eleven United States Senators were buried here – the most revered of San Francisco’s Hills — — Map (db m143435) HM |
| On Sacramento Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Fort Gunnybags
was situated
on this spot
Headquarters
of the
Vigilance
Committee
during the year
1856 — — Map (db m143436) HM |
| Near Marina Boulevard at Laguna Street. |
| | In response to the 1906 earthquake and fire, and recognizing the critical role of Fort Mason as a naval operations center, Congress appropriated funds to construct the tree piers in use today. Built on land reclaimed from a tidal cove, Fort Mason . . . — — Map (db m70027) HM |
| On San Francisco Bicycle Route 2, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Panama Pacific International Exposition, 635 acres of grand imagination, proclaimed to the world that San Francisco was fully recovered from the 1906 earthquake. Exhibition-filled palaces were built on filled marshlands between Fort Mason and . . . — — Map (db m70001) HM |
| On San Francisco Bicycle Route 2 at Van Ness Avenue, on the right when traveling west on San Francisco Bicycle Route 2. |
| | First fortified by the Spanish in 1797, this bluff above the bay was re-armed by the U.S. Army in 1864. The post remained active through the Civil War, western Indian Wars, and conflicts abroad, beginning with the Spanish-American War in 1898. . . . — — Map (db m70025) HM |
| On Laguna Street at Marina Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Laguna Street. |
| | First fortified by the Spanish in 1797, this bluff above the bay was re-armed by the U.S. Army in 1864. The post remained active through the Civil War, western Indian Wars, and conflicts abroad, beginning with the Spanish-American War in 1898. . . . — — Map (db m132330) HM |
| On Marine Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Fort Point is considered one of the finest examples of military architecture in the United States and is San Francisco’s only major building constructed before the Civil War which has remained basically unchanged since it was completed and . . . — — Map (db m10677) HM |
| | The treacherous waters of the Golden Gate have claimed dozens of ships and hundreds of lives.
Beginning in 1852, the United States Government funded the construction of a chain of 59 light-houses along the California coast. The Fort Point light . . . — — Map (db m102283) HM |
| On Long Avenue at Marine Drive, on the right when traveling west on Long Avenue. |
| |
What is Fort Point?
Once called the "Pride of the Pacific" and "Gibraltar of the West Coast," Fort Point is a brick and granite coastal defense fortification built by the U.S. Army between 1853 and 1861. It was part of a seacoast defense . . . — — Map (db m132513) HM |
| On Marine Drive 0.3 miles north of Long Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
What is Fort Point?
Once called the "Pride of the Pacific" and "Gibraltar of the West Coast," Fort Point is a brick and granite coastal defense fortification built by the U.S. Army between 1853 and 1861. It was part of a seacoast defense . . . — — Map (db m132540) HM |
| | Inspired by San Francisco in 1883
Became the first world organizer of women.
Standing here in 1883 she said
"We are one world of tempted humanity" — — Map (db m18462) HM |
| On The Embarcadero, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain . . . — — Map (db m73086) HM |
| Near Dolores Street near 16th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founder of this Mission of San Francisco de Asis (Dolores) distinguished son of Spain; missionary in the Sierra Gorda, Lower California and at Carmel; president of Missions in Mexico and California; zealous missionary; able administrator; . . . — — Map (db m72508) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Market Street, in the median. |
| | Rectangles embedded in the walkway mark the former locations of two Embarcadero Freeway support columns
The dashed line that surrounds you marks the former locations of an Embarcadero Freeway column.
We sit and eat our lunch. . . . — — Map (db m73089) HM |
| Near The Embarcadero near Delancey Street, on the right. |
| | This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain . . . — — Map (db m92818) HM |
| On Funston Avenue at Lincoln Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on Funston Avenue. |
| |
Cast in bronze in 1754 for the French Army, this gun was used by the Spanish and captured by American Forces in Cuba during the Spanish-American War
Emplaced on this site
July 1973
by order of
Col. John L. Fellows Jr.
Commanding . . . — — Map (db m144260) HM |
| Near Turk Street at Taylor Street. |
| | Here marks the site of Gene Compton's Cafeteria where a riot took place one August night when transgender women and gay men stood up for their rights and fought against police brutality, poverty, oppression and discrimination in the Tenderloin. . . . — — Map (db m91015) HM |
| On Castro Street near 18th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Passionate activist for queer Asians and Pacific Islanders and AIDS awareness who was instrumental is brining LGBT counseling programs to San Francisco public high schools. — — Map (db m99821) HM |
| On Greenwich Street near Hyde Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | George Sterling
1869 – 1926
George Sterling represented California in the world of poetry for a generation. His works included “A Wine of Wizardry.” “Testimony of the Suns,” and “The House of . . . — — Map (db m69986) HM |
| On Castro Street 0 miles north of 19th Street. |
| | Experimental American writer whose Paris salon brought together many of the artists and authors who would help define modernism in literature and art — — Map (db m98028) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Mission Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The clangor of their coming and going comprised a contrapuntal symphony of cosmopolis. -- Lucius Beebe, Cable Car Carnival
(text on the horizontal surface)
Getting Around San Francisco, 1860's & 1870's
Mostly . . . — — Map (db m92855) HM |
| On King Street / The Embarcadero near Townsend Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | "Alas, the whaling bark Lydia which has lain near the old Pacific Mail Dock for so long is no more. With stem embedded in the mud and bow high in the air, she has lain impervious to wind and weather. Her stout oak frames held together by . . . — — Map (db m87092) HM |
| Near O'Shaughnessey Boulevard near Elk Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Unfortunately this marker has been badly vandalized. Missing portions are represented by ...
Imagine how the Glen Canyon Park used to be part of the open ... hills far south of San Francisco... how you might feel if you came across this . . . — — Map (db m143531) HM |
| On Market Street east of Castro Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | First openly gay major league baseball player whose raised hand, after a home run, led to the invention of the high five.
Glenn Burke — — Map (db m120400) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Battery Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | As dreams and the spirit of adventure lured “fortune-hunters” from many parts of the world to California during the mid 1800s, so the news spread to the far reaches of China. To the Chinese, California came to symbolize an image of . . . — — Map (db m70853) HM |
| Near Music Concourse Drive north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
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Before Golden Gate Park was built there was a great debate on where the park should be located. Three choices were on the table, the current location (at that time called the "outside lands"), the presidio, and a long linear park through Hayes . . . — — Map (db m132077) HM |
| On Jackson Street near Sansome Street. |
| | Constructed in 1858, this graceful brick building played an important role in the financial and entrepreneurial development of frontier San Francisco. From his offices in this building, William M. Lent, President of the Savage Mining Company, . . . — — Map (db m58395) HM |
| On Randolph Street near Head Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On August 16, 1878, Mr. J. Granville contracted with the Spring Valley Water Works to provide water for his family, a lodger, a cow, and irrigation; his home was duly recorded as containing 500 sq. ft. In May of 1883, the water line water line was . . . — — Map (db m102431) HM |
| Near The Embarcadero at Green Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain . . . — — Map (db m73085) HM |
| Near Dolores Street near 16th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This ceramic mural is the work of Guillermo Granizo, a native San Francisco Artist. Shortly after Guillermo’s birth in 1923 the Granizo Family moved to Nicaragua for a period of eleven years. The family then returned to San Francisco. Extensive . . . — — Map (db m72524) HM |
| | Within the ocean swells, beyond the Golden Gate, is an underwater world of astoundingly rich and diverse marine life. Few regions on earth host the multitude of marine species found in the sanctuary’s open waters an estuaries, within its sea floor, . . . — — Map (db m63424) HM |
| On Franklin Street south of Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Designed by architect Peter R. Schmidt in 1886 for
German-Jewish wholesale-grocery merchant William Haas
and his family, the Haas-Lilienthal House is the city's only
victorian-era home open to the public. Built in the Queen Anne
style, the house . . . — — Map (db m155205) HM |
| On Eddy Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Vacant through the 1970's, the Hamlin was reoccupied and upgraded after being transferred to nonprofit ownership in the 1980's. It was a part of the nation's first agreement requiring tourist hotel developers to provide affordable housing. The . . . — — Map (db m91792) HM |
| On Embarcadero at Harrison Street, on the right when traveling south on Embarcadero. |
| | This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain . . . — — Map (db m72725) HM |
| On Castro Street near 19th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Sexual revolutionary who defined LGBT as a cultural identity and founded the first enduring gay rights organization in the United States. — — Map (db m99807) HM |
| Near Castro Street at Market Street. |
| | Harvey Milk Plaza is named in honor of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, California’s first elected official to be openly gay.
In 1975, Harvey Milk opened Castro Camera at 575 Castro Street and moved into the apartment upstairs. Harvey’s . . . — — Map (db m21067) HM |
| Near Castro Street north of 19th Street. |
| | Harvey Milk made history as the first openly-gay elected official in California, and one of the first in the nation, when he won election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in November 1977. His camera store and campaign headquarters at 575 . . . — — Map (db m64066) HM |
| On Castro Street near 19th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Harvey Milk and Scott Smith opened their camera store at 575 Castro Street in 1973. It quickly developed into the neighborhood's "city hall" - the place where people always seemed to gather to discuss the latest news, problems, and concerns. Its . . . — — Map (db m99850) HM |
| Near El Camino Del Mar north of Sea Rock Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
Honor-Courage-Commitment These are the remains of the flag bridge of the cruiser USS San Francisco, badly damaged in battle against Japanese naval forces on the night of November 12-13, 1942. The shrapnel-torn holes in her bridge bear . . . — — Map (db m59868) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Washington Street. |
| |
Herb Caen published his first column in the San Francisco Chronicle July 5, 1938; he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. His last weekday column appeared January 10, 1997 when he moved to the San Francisco Examiner in 1950, 30,000 . . . — — Map (db m73492) HM |
| Near Hyde Street near Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Hicks eight-horsepower engine was the most popular power source for San Francisco's "Monterey" fishing boats. Its simple design made for economy, reliability, and ease of maintenance.
The Bay Area led the nation in production of heavy duty . . . — — Map (db m101837) HM |
| On Embarcadero at Harrison Street, on the right when traveling south on Embarcadero. |
| | Founded in 1878 by Austin and Reuben Hills, Hills Brothers’ Coffee became world-famous when it invented vacuum-packed coffee in a can in time for the Alaska Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. This complex, San Francisco Landmark # 157, was designed in 1924 . . . — — Map (db m72585) HM |
| On Cabrillo Street at La Playa Street, on the right when traveling west on Cabrillo Street. |
| |
Looking around today's Ocean Beach, it's difficult to visualize Playland and the surrounding areas as they once were. But there are plenty of reminders all around you.
Just south of here at Golden Gate Park's west entry stands the Dutch . . . — — Map (db m131928) HM |
| On Lands End Trail north of El Camino del Mar. |
| | Swift tides, treacherous rocks, dense fog, and a narrow harbor entrance have always made San Francisco’s coast and port difficult to navigate. Over 300 known vessels have failed to make the passage and sank in the cold, treacherous waters.
One . . . — — Map (db m48638) HM |
| On Stow Lake Drive at John F. Kennedy Drive, on the right when traveling east on Stow Lake Drive. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m132090) HM |
| On La Playa Street at Cabrillo Street, on the left when traveling north on La Playa Street. |
| |
On this site, from Sutro Heights Park to Golden Gate Park, from the early 1920s until 1972, stood the world famous Playland-at-the-Beach amusement park. This monument is fondly dedicated to the remembrance of those days of fun and laughter at the . . . — — Map (db m132043) HM |
| On Powell Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
1839 Jean Vioget laid out the first plan of Yerba Buena (later San Francisco), showing the Union Square site as a future park.
1847 Jasper O’Farrell created a second, more accurate plan for the blocks of San Francisco, designating . . . — — Map (db m71915) HM |
| On Market Street near Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Hobart Building
A San Francisco
Landmark
Constructed
1914
Willis Polk,
Architect — — Map (db m71802) HM |
| On Commercial Street near Kearny Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Photographer Benjamen Chinn was born, raised and spent virtually his entire live in this house. Chinn is best known for his iconic photographs of San Francisco’s Chinatown and Paris, France. — — Map (db m70834) HM |
| On Grant Avenue at Harlan Place, on the left when traveling north on Grant Avenue. |
| |
This historic building originally served as the headquarters of the Home Telephone Company, San Francisco’s first telephone exchange site.
Built
1908
Original Architect
Coxhead and Coxhead . . . — — Map (db m71944) HM |
| Near Mason Street at Halleck Street. |
| | The Native People of the Peninsula The Yelamu were one of 50 independent Ohlone tribes related through culture and language. Ohlone peoples have lived in the Bay Area for several thousand years. The Yelamu, whose territory . . . — — Map (db m131189) HM |
| On Jackson Street at Hotaling Place on Jackson Street. |
| | Built in 1866 and occupied by A.P. Hotaling & Co., this building housed the largest liquor repository on the West Coast. It survived the 1906 earthquake and fire due to a mile long fire hose laid from Fisherman's Wharf over Telegraph Hill by the . . . — — Map (db m40165) HM |
| On Mason Street at Eddy Street, on the right when traveling north on Mason Street. |
| | Formerly the Athens lodgings
Hotel Belmont
This Building is Listed in The
National Register of
Historic Places
— — Map (db m91804) HM |
| Near Eddy Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Film director Frank Capra lived at the Hotel Eddy in 1921 when he was hired to direct his first film The Ballad of Fultah Fisher's Boarding House.
This Building is Listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
Uptown Tenderloin . . . — — Map (db m91805) HM |
| On Eddy east of Hyde Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The 2006 movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, was filmed at the Jefferson, as was the 1996-2001 television series, Nash Bridges.
This building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m90132) HM |
| On O'Farrell Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This Building is listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places — — Map (db m91065) HM |
| On Embarcadero at Howard Street, on the right when traveling south on Embarcadero. |
| | This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern, embedded in the sidewalk. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named . . . — — Map (db m72607) HM |
| On Commercial Street at Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling west on Commercial Street. |
| | On this block, then on Yerba Buena's waterfront, stood the California headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1841, their chief trader, William G. Rae, purchased the property and started operations. This venture caused wide speculation about . . . — — Map (db m143484) HM |
| Near Taylor Street north of California Street. |
| | Huntington Park
On this site in 1872, General David D. Colton, a railroad attorney, built one of the most elaborate residences ever seen in San Francisco. The classic white wooden mansion featured an entry flight of marble steps leading to a . . . — — Map (db m63532) HM |
| Near Hyde Street north of Jefferson Street. |
| | This pier, home of the museum’s fleet of historic ships since 1963, was built in 1922 as the terminal of the Golden Gate Ferry Company service to Sausalito. Additions were completed in 1931 and 1932.
Service to Berkeley was added by Golden . . . — — Map (db m63394) HM |
| Near Hyde Street near Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Before the Golden Gate Bridge was built, the only way to drive north from San Francisco was to cross the Bay on a ferryboat. The Golden Gate Ferry began service to Sausalito in 1922, and Hyde Street Pier officially became part of Route 101, the . . . — — Map (db m101848) HM |
| On Point Lobos Avenue west of 48th Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Mining Engineer — Philanthropist — Pioneer Builder in San Francisco. Born April 29, 1830, in Prussia. Came to the United States 1850. Settled in San Francisco 1854. Built Sutro Heights which he presented to San Francisco as a public . . . — — Map (db m21262) HM |
| On Steuart Street near Mission Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.
Sperry and Bordoise were fatally shot by San Francisco police . . . — — Map (db m26162) HM |
| On Pier 33 north of The Embarcadero. |
| | "Alcatraz is not an island, it's an idea. The idea that you can recapture and
be in control of your life, your destiny, and self-determine your future."
-- Richard Oakes, Spokesperson for the Occupation
Pursuing an Ideal
In . . . — — Map (db m116514) HM |
| | With the coming of the Gold Rush, the
landscape began to change rapidly. Access to
deep water made this an attractive location for
early maritime industries. The Tubbs Cordage
Company located to Potrero Point in the
mid-1850s and built a 1,000 . . . — — Map (db m159589) HM |
| On Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Infantry Row
Presidio San Francisco
Home of the
30th U.S. Infantry Regiment
1901-1941
"San Francisco's Own"
WWI • Valorous In Battle • WWII
Six Campaigns • Ten Campaigns Four Invasions
France • Africa . . . — — Map (db m135939) WM |
| On Taylor Street near Derby Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Daughter of California Pioneers
America’s Genius of Dance
was born on this site.
She created a new art form, liberating the dance as an expression of life. She believed and taught that “no education is complete without the . . . — — Map (db m72365) HM |
| On Sutter Street near Buchanan Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Life in America was full of unknowns for an Issei (Japanese immigrant) departing Japan in the early l900s. She may have come to America as a laborer or accompanying her husband. More likely, she came as a picture bride through an arranged marriage . . . — — Map (db m86487) HM |
| On Broadway at Columbus Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Broadway. |
| | In 1899 Andrea Sbarboro incorporated the
Italian American Bank, the second bank in San Francisco
to be owned and operated by and for Italians.
Sbarboro modeled the bank after cooperative banks
he had seen in Philadelphia, which operated . . . — — Map (db m153016) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Vallejo Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
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.
From 1889 to 1900, . . . — — Map (db m73135) HM |
| On Third Street at Brannan Street, on the right when traveling north on Third Street. |
| |
To mark the birthplace
of the noted author
Jack London
January 12, 1876
The original home on this
site, then known as 615
Third Street was destroyed
in the fire of April 18, 1906
Placed by the
California Historical . . . — — Map (db m21203) HM |
| On Castro Street near Market Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Eloquent novelist, essayist, poet, social critic, civil rights leader and passionate advocate for racial equality and human rights for gays. — — Map (db m99818) HM |
| On 10th Street north of Howard Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The James Lick Baths/People's Laundry building served
as a public bath house for working-class San Franciscans
from 1890 - 1919. Financed by philanthropist James Lick, the
bath house had separate men's and women's facilities and a
distinctive . . . — — Map (db m155182) HM |
| On Castro Street near Market Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Pioneer social reformer, activist for women's rights and world peace, public philosopher, author, first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. — — Map (db m99816) HM |
| Near Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
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In the winter of 1894 the California Midwinter Exposition arrived in Golden Gate Park. Some of the most popular attractions at the fair were exhibits of people from around the world; Native Americans, Egyptians, Aleutians, Hawaiians, Turks, South . . . — — Map (db m132112) HM |
| Near Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
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The reconstruction of the Japanese Tea Garden gates was the result of efforts by San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein and Mayor Yasushi Oshima of our sister city, Osaka, Japan. The gates were designed by Ohbayashi Corporation while the . . . — — Map (db m132104) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Townsend, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Good food here! The oldest eatery on San Francisco's Embarcadero, Java House has served breakfast and lunch at this Pier 40 location since 1912. The classic menu appeals to all who have stopped in from sailors, longshoremen, tourists and politicians . . . — — Map (db m20934) HM |
| | John's Grill site where Dashiell Hammett wrote "The Maltese Falcon"
"Spade went to John's Grill and asked the waiter to hurry his order of chops, baked potatoes, sliced tomatoes... and was smoking a cigarette with his coffee when... " is . . . — — Map (db m74107) HM |
| On José Sarria Court at Pond Street on José Sarria Court. |
| | José Sarria Court honors the humor, political savvy, and talent of a great San Franciscan.
Born in 1923, José's performance career began in the 1950's. In 1961, Sarria ran for San Francisco City Supervisor; the first openly gay candidate to run . . . — — Map (db m88599) HM |
| On Market Street at Castro Street, on the right when traveling east on Market Street. |
| | Army veteran, drag performer, politcal activist, first openly gay candidate for public office in the world, founder of the Imperial Court System
Jose Sarria — — Map (db m120176) HM |
| |
Spanish Explorer
Camped at this Site
March 27, 1776 — — Map (db m155191) HM |
| Near Stockton Street at Filbert Street. |
| | Juana Briones, born in Hispanic California, was a preeminent woman of her time. In the 1830s and 1840s she transformed an isolated cove in the then Mexican hamlet of Yerba Buena into her rancho. At the site of this park she raised cattle and grew . . . — — Map (db m143437) HM |
| On Castro Street near 19th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | American artist and social activist whose distinctive outline figures express universal concepts of birth, sex, love and joy. — — Map (db m99804) HM |
| On Duboce Avenue near Market Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in San Francisco.
The streets were filled with scorchers, bloomer girls, bone shakers, and wheelmen.
More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in . . . — — Map (db m72526) HM |
| On King Street near 2nd Street. |
| | This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain . . . — — Map (db m72545) HM |
| On Market Street near Castro Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Japanese-Americas human rights
activist and founder of the Critical
Path Project, one of the earliest
resources for information about
HIV research and treatment — — Map (db m120181) HM |
| On The Embarcadero near Market Street. |
| | Captain Fred Klebingat was 24 years old when the panorama at the right was made from the Ferry Tower. He had sailed into San Francisco in 1908, as a seaman-donkeyman on the S.N. Castle. In 1979, at the age of 90, he walked the city front . . . — — Map (db m72721) HM |
| On Folsom Street north of 1st Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Beginning in the 1860s, foundries South of Market Street fabricated mining machinery, railroad cars, and ships. This 1912 machine shop is the last. Fred V. Wilbert forged fine tools here. Edwin A. Klockars (1898-1994), a native of Munsmo, Finland, . . . — — Map (db m110905) HM |
| On Pine Street at Kearny Street, on the right when traveling west on Pine Street. |
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On this site in 1851, Yee Ah Tye established the Sze Yup Company, one of the first
Chinese mutual aid associations in America. Sze Yup Company provided mutual support,
social services and economic aid. Constructed as a temple, the . . . — — Map (db m155185) HM |
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