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Presidio of San Francisco The Parade Grounds at the Presidio of San Francisco. Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or Royal Presidio of San Francisco) is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation...
Location Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Protected Site San Francisco District 2
Dated location San Francisco Bay Area
Neighborhood California
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Mission San Francisco de Asís Mission San Francisco de Asís Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Mission San Francisco de Asís is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions. The Mission was founded on June 29, 1776, by Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga...
Structure California
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Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Alcatraz Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore from San Francisco, California. Often referred to as The Rock, the small island early-on served as a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison,...
Location Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Filming location San Francisco Bay
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Sfbaybridge at night Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (legally The James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Bridge and known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a currently closed series of bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. Forming part of...
Bridge California
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USS Pampanito USS Pampanito, with SS Jeremiah O'Brien moored astern Ship National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, was a United States Navy ship, the only one named for a variety of the pompano fish (see gafftopsail pompano). She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a Naval Reserve...
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Coit Tower Coittower1 Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Coit Tower was built in Pioneer Park atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco; Lillie bequeathed one-third of her estate to the City of San Francisco "to be expended in an appropriate...
Filming location Telegraph Hill
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Golden Gate Park Golden gate park aerial Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of 1,017 acres (4.12 km; 1.589 sq mi) of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to...
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SS Jeremiah O'Brien SS Jeremiah O'Brien Ship National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
SS Jeremiah O'Brien, also known as Jeremiah O'Brien (Liberty ship), is a Liberty ship built during World War II and named for American Revolutionary War ship captain Jeremiah O'Brien (1744–1818). Now based in San Francisco, the O'Brien is a rare...
Listed Site California
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Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco - Palace of Fine Arts Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California is a building originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. It was designed by Bernard Maybeck, who took his inspiration from Roman and Greek architecture....
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C.A. Thayer C A Thayer Museum ship National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The C.A. Thayer is a schooner built in 1895, now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. She is one of the few survivors of the sailing schooners in the West coast lumber trade to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and...
Tall ship California
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Eureka The Eureka is now docked at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Eureka is a side-wheel paddle steamboat, built in 1890, which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. Originally named the Ukiah to commemorate the railway's recent extension into the...
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Bank of Italy   Company National Register of Historic Places California
The Bank of Italy was founded in San Francisco, California, USA, in 1904 by Amadeo Giannini. It grew by a branch banking strategy to become the Bank of America, the world's largest commercial bank with 493 branches in California and assets of $5...
Employer San Francisco
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Ghirardelli Square Ghirardelli Square Location National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Ghirardelli Square is a landmark with shops and restaurants in the Fisherman's Wharf area of San Francisco, California. Ghirardelli Square once featured over 40 specialty shops and restaurants, in addition to the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain &...
Art owner Fisherman's Wharf
Filming location California
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco The facade of the old Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at 400 Sansome Street Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is the federal bank for the twelfth district in the United States. The twelfth district is made up of nine western states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington—...
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San Francisco Ferry Building The Ferry Building Shopping center National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay and a shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. On top of the building is a large clock tower, which can be seen from...
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Conservatory of Flowers The Conservatory of Flowers is an elaborate Victorian greenhouse constructed of wood and glass. Building National Register of Historic Places Golden Gate Park
The Conservatory of Flowers is a large botanical greenhouse in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, constructed in 1878. It houses an important collection of exotic plants. It is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park and the oldest municipal wooden...
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San Francisco Mint The old San Francisco Mint building, built in 1874 Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint, and was opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush. It quickly outgrew its first building and moved into a new one in 1874. This building, the Old United States...
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Hallidie Building Hallidie Building Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Hallidie Building, is an office building in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, at 130 Sutter Street, between Montgomery Street and Kearny Street. It was built around 1917-1918 and is credited as the first building to feature...
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Lotta's Fountain Lott'a Fountain 1905 Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Lotta's fountain was dedicated in 1875 at the intersection of Market Street where Geary and Kearny Streets connect in downtown San Francisco, California. The cast pillar with a drinking fountain at its base was donated to San Francisco by the...
Location California
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Yerba Buena Light USCGyerbabuena2007rosen Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Yerba Buena Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay on Yerba Buena Island, California The island’s lighthouse connection began in 1873 when the Lighthouse Service moved the district's depot from Mare Island...
Lighthouse California
Location Yerba Buena Island
Structure San Francisco Bay
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Haas-Lilienthal House Haas-Lilienthal_House.jpg Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Haas-Lilienthal House at 2007 Franklin Street, San Francisco, California, USA is the city's only intact Victorian era home that is open regularly as a museum, complete with authentic furniture and artifacts. William Haas entrusted Bavarian...
Location California
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Fort Miley Military Reservation Ordnance storehouse, the only Fort Miley building from before 1934 Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Fort Miley Military Reservation, in San Francisco, California sits on Point Lobos (not to be confused with Point Lobos near Carmel-by-the-Sea), one of the outer headlands on the southern side of the Golden Gate. Much of the site is part of the...
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Military post
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Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District View of Pier 1 with Downtown San Francisco in background Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District is a Registered Historic District in the City of San Francisco, California, United States. It consists of Piers 1, 1½, 3 and 5, is one of the largest surviving pier complexes along San Francisco's...
NRIS Listing California
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San Francisco Armory National_Guard_Armory_&_Arsenal_(San_Francisco).jpg Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The San Francisco Armory, also known as the San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal or simply The Armory, is a historic building in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. The building was constructed as an armory and arsenal for...
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William Westerfeld House Westerfeld_House_(San_Francisco).jpg Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The William Westerfeld House sits across the street from the northwest corner of Alamo Square in San Francisco. Constructed in 1889 at a cost of $9,985, the home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is San Francisco Landmark...
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The Fairmont San Francisco 950 Mason St., San Francisco 94108 CA Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, in the Nob Hill district of San Francisco, California. The hotel was nearly completed before the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Although the structure survived, the interior was...
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Fort Point National Historical Site Fortpoint03162006.JPG Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Fort Point National Historical Site is a historic site in California governed by the National park service.
Protected Site California
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Aquatic Park Historic District San Francisco Maritime Museum. Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California
Aquatic Park Historic District is a building complex on the San Francisco Bay waterfront in San Francisco, California, United States. It is located within San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and is itself a National Historic Landmark....
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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City of Rio de Janeiro   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California
The City of Rio de Janeiro was an American steamship belonging to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company which was wrecked on 1901-02-22 on a submerged reef at the entry to San Francisco Bay while inward bound from Hong Kong with 210 people aboard. ...
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Bank of Italy Building Bank of Italy Building (San Francisco) Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Bank of Italy Building, also known as Clay-Montgomery Building, is a building in San Francisco, California. This eight-story building became the headquarters of A. P. Giannini's Bank of Italy (precursor of the Bank of America) in 1908 after the...
Location California
NRIS Listing Visalia
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James C. Flood Mansion James Flood Mansion (San Francisco) 4 Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
James C. Flood Mansion, also known as Pacific-Union Club, in San Francisco, California, USA, was a townhouse for James C. Flood, a 19th century silver-baron. It was the first brownstone building built west of the Mississippi River. With The Fairmont...
Location California
Namesake
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Swedenborgian Church Swedenborgia Church (San Francisco, California) Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
Swedenborgian Church is a Swedenborgian church significant for its architecture in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It is regarded as one of California's earliest pure Arts and Crafts buildings. The first pastor of the...
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Folger Coffee Company Building Folgers Coffee Building Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Folgers Coffee Building is a mid-rise office building on the National Register of Historic Places located in downtown San Francisco.
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Feusier Octagon House Feusier_Octagon_House_(San_Francisco).JPG Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Feusier Octagon House is an historic octagonal house located at 1067 Green Street, in the Russian Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It was built between 1857 and 1858 by George Kenny, who sold it in 1870 to Louis Feusier. It is San...
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McElroy Octagon House McElroy_Octagon_House_(San_Francisco)_2.JPG Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The McElroy Octagon House, also known as the Colonial Dames Octagon House, is an historic octagonal house now located at 2645 Gough Street at Union Street in the Cow Hollow section of San Francisco, California. William C. McElroy built it in 1861...
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Camera Obscura camera obscura.jpg Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Camera Obscura in San Francisco is a large-scale camera obscura and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located near the Cliff House restaurant perched on the headlands on the cliffs just north of Ocean Beach on the...
Tourist attraction California
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Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places San Francisco
The Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building is a small frame structure located in San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. The 1890 structure was originally located at the Tubbs Cordage factory, at 611-613 Front Street, San Francisco. It was...
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Old U.S. Mint   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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San Francisco Cable Cars   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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US Army San Francisco Port of Embarkation   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Union Ferry Depot   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Rincon Annex   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Fort Mason Historic District   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Farallone Islands   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN National Historic Landmark   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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San Francisco Civic Center Historic District   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Alcatraz   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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City of Paris Building   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
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US Mint   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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APOLLO   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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NIANTIC   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Fairmont Hotel   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Port of San Francisco Embarcadero Historic District   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic District   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Six-Inch Rifled Gun No. 9   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Myrtle Street Flats   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Whittier Mansion   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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St. Paulus Lutheran Church   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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Engine House No. 31   Listed Site National Register of Historic Places California  
NRIS Listing San Francisco
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