San Francisco's First County Jail (1851-1906) - 534 Broadway
Constructed at the foot of Telegraph Hill in 1851, the Old Broadway Jail was San Francisco's first real prison, a three-story brick fortress consisting of 60 cells that could house up to 200 prisoners. In 1856, the jail saw hundreds of members of the Vigilance Committee, a citizen-vigilante group, converge on the prison to demand the handing-over of the murderer of a local newspaper editor, who was swiftly found guilty by the committee and hanged two days later. A half-century later, the jail was irreparably damaged in the 1906 Earthquake and dynamited shortly thereafter.| HM Number | HM26PD |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2018 |
| Placed By | Top of Broadway Community Benefits District |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, April 9th, 2018 at 10:02pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10S E 552274 N 4183570 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.79801667, -122.40623333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 47.881', W 122° 24.374' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 47' 52.86" N, 122° 24' 22.44" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 415, 925, 408 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2-20 Romolo Pl, San Francisco CA 94133, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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