Geary near Stockton
First Unitarian Church (Thomas Starr King's Church) stood from 1864-1887), south side of Geary between Stockton and Dupont (Grant)
Downtown / Union SquareChurch
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Geary near Stockton
First Unitarian Church(Thomas Starr King's Church) stood from 1864-1887, south side of Geary between Stockton and Dupont (Grant)
Downtown / Union Square
Mission Dolores
View southwest to Mission Dolores with parish house addition, cemetery, water tower and Dolores Heights in background. wnp4.1779a is an enlarged portion of the left side of this image.
Mission Dolores
5th near Mission
The Metropolitan Temple, on east side of Fifth Street at Jessie, designed by William S. Mooser architect. The cornerstone was laid in August, 1876 and it was dedicated on August 5, 1877. It was the home of Rev. Isaac Kalloch's Baptist Church and the scene of his attempted assassination by Charles de Young in 1879. United Undertakers and F.W. Spencer & Co. Guild Pianos. A portion of the Lincoln School is visible at left. Variant of wnp27.4093.
South of Market
Telegraph Hill
View from Russian Hill with Washington Square in foreground; Original Ss. Peter & Paul Church at Filbert and Grant, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Stulz Bros. Grocers, Union and Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.), German Castle (Layman's Castle) on summit. [Telegraph Hill]
Russian Hill
Mason near Eddy
United Presbyterian Church, West side of Mason between Ellis and Eddy. The church subsequenty moved in around 1895 and the building became the Techau Tavern and vaudebville theatre, before being destroyed in 1906.
Tenderloin
Fire at Howard & Harriet
5-alarm fire at the headquarters of Goodwill Industries, 1025 Howard St. in the former Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church, southwest corner of Howard Street at Harriet. Apartment building at left still stands.
South of Market
Bayshore & Jerrold
View Southeeast from above Bayshore Boulevard (San Bruno Avenue) and Jerrold. Islais Marsh, SP Trestle, and All Hallows Church in the distance [dpwbook33 dpw8891]
Produce Market
Columbus near Green
View southeast from middle of Columbus Avenue toward Green and Stockton. Men pouring concrete. Flag Theatre (movie house) on right, Stockton & Green. St. Francis of Assisi Church in background left. [Street Repair Department - Pouring Concrete on Columbus Ave.] [dpwbook31 dpw7694]
North Beach
Hayes & Buchanan
View east on Hayes toward Buchanan. Muni 21-Line streetcar #121 outbound. Lydia Fisk House, 700 Hayes, on near left corner. Tower of Simpson Memorial Church is visible at right.
Hayes Valley
California near Grant
View northeast across California Street to approaching Muni Cable Car #50 passing in front of the Hartford Building (later 650 California). Old St. Mary's cathedral rectory (demolished May, 1965 and replaced with a new rectory) at left. Pacific Mutual Life Building, Home Insurance Company Building with Colonial tower (by this time, Fireman's Fund). At right, Clunie Building with Bank of America sign on west wall, International Building.
Chinatown
Masonic & Page
View North on Masonic from Page. MSRy 32-line streetcar #665 on fan trip commemorating the end of rail service on Haight Street. St. Agnes Church at left, Isaac Magnin House on right. (Former Market Street Railway streetcar #265 was renumbered to #665 to avoid duplication after the 1944 merger)
Haight Ashbury
Telegraph Hill view
View southwest from Telegraph Hill showing Nob Hill and Russian Hill below dark clouds. Ss. Peter & Paul Church and Washington Square at lower right. Garfield Elementary School at lower left. Nob Hill hotels, Brocklebank Apartments, Grace Cathedral at left. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, Broadway near Mason, at center. North Beach, Chinatown.
Telegraph Hill
Union Square
View west along path paralleling Post towards Powell. First Congregational Church at right. Calvary Presbyterian Church at left.[Union Sq. Calvary Church, California View Co., Publishers, 1025 Market St., San Francisco, 1st Cong. Church] Same image as wnp37.00335.
Downtown / Union Square
10th near Folsom
View north on 10th from Folsom, Roman Catholic St. Joseph Church in the background left. Workers and steam shovel working on large sewer trench. [Fillmore St. Sewer 10th S dpwbook42 dpwA1246]
South of Market