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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26C6_william-ingraham-kip_San-Francisco-CA.html
On this site
then occupied by
Trinity Episcopal Church
William Ingraham Kip
First Episcopal Bishop of California
began his fort-year episcopate
on
January 29, 1854
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PMT_california-admission-day_San-Francisco-CA.html
This Fountain
is Dedicated to
the Native Sons
of the Golden West
To Commemorate
The Admission of California
Into the Union
September the Ninth
Anno Domini
MDCCCL
"The unity of ourempire hangs onthe decision ofthis day." &md…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DXT_william-alexander-leidesdorff_San-Francisco-CA.html
Between his arrival in the sleepy trading post of Yerba Buena in 1841 and his untimely death seven years later, William Alexander Leidesdorff - the son of a Danish Jewish sugar planter and a black plantation worker in St. Croix - cemented his lega…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DXR_the-orient-building_Madison-CA.html
332 Pine StreetOriginally"The Orient Building"
Constructed 1912Architect: George Applegarth
A Category 1Historic Landmark
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DXP_the-old-chamber-of-commerce-building_San-Francisco-CA.html
Original Construction 1917Architect: Benjamin G. McDougall (1865-1937)The Old Chamber of Commerce Building or 333 Pine was built in 1917 by the Mills Estate Co. for Aetna Insurance Co. and designed by Benjamin G. McDougall.
In composition, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D1Q_the-mechanics-institute_San-Francisco-CA.html
Founded in 1854 for the ?diffusion of knowledge at the least possible expense to the seeker', the Institute's Library and Chess Room and its literary and social activities are intertwined with the history of San Francisco and California. James Lic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CSN_union-bank-building_San-Francisco-CA.html
This corner was originally that part of San Francisco once called Yerba Buena Cove whose shoreline was about one block further west at Montgomery Street. Landfill occurred in the 1850s and the first known structure was the Friedlander's building b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CDB_bank-of-california_San-Francisco-CA.html
The Bank of California, a founding financier of the West, was established by William Chapman Ralston on July 5, 1864, the company quickly outgrew its quarters at this location and engaged architects Walter Danforth Bliss and William Baker Faville …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJE3_liberty-bell-slot-machine_San-Francisco-CA.html
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 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3SF_san-francisco-bay-shore-line-marker_San-Francisco-CA.html
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.Placed by Historic Landmarks Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West, 1921.