Contains 945 photos
St. Ann's Building at left and Baldwin Hotel at right in elevated view up Powell, north to Nob Hill. Horsecar tracks were installed in 1879 and replaced by cable car tracks in 1888. Trinity Episcopal Church and Stanford Mansion in distance. [10_ Powell Street from Market, San Francisco.]
South of Market
Elevated view northeast across Market Street to Baldwin Hotel (built by E.J. Baldwin, destroyed by fire in 1898). Horsecar on Market. Trinity Episcopal Church and Stanford Mansion in distance left. Powell Street with horsecar rails (installed 1879, replaced with cable 1888). [No. 110 Baldwin Hotel, Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.]
South of Market
Union Square. View northwest to Dewey Monument, Fitzhugh Building, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Sutter.
Downtown / Union Square
View north, House of Loveliness, Hotel Baldwin, Beverly Plaza Hotel. Before Chinatown gate. Building on NE corner under renovation.
Downtown / Union Square
Nucleus House. Palace Hotel to the left of the Nucleus House. Later the site of the Hearst Building.
South of Market
View northwest on Columbus (then Montgomery Avenue). At center, the California Hotel, at 1001-1017 Kearny/200-214 Montgomery Avenue, built in 1874, and leased to proprietors Fonroche and Herteman. St Francis of Assisi Church in background.(WMK)( see also wnp14.1215.jpg)
North Beach
[Palace SF Landmarks] Detail of carved frieze with female figure head in glass window.
South of Market
View north from vacant lot at southeast corner, later site of Sutter-Stockton parking garage to vendor with wheeled cart in front of 586 Bush St. (Hotel Victoria, Built 1907, later Worldmark by Wyndham Hotel) in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Hibernia Bank Building (1892) and (right) the Hibernia Office Building (1908). Architect Albert Pissis designed the bank building that was exceptional at the time for its classical grandeur and order. San Francisco Landmark 130. The Hibernia Office Building was built by the Hibernia Bank (designed by William Helbing) in 1908. In 1913 it was remodeled into the Hotel Boyd, which it has remained ever since. The auto appears to be a steam-powered 1911 White model GA coupe.[B-18] [G810 B-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Tenderloin
View toward Nob Hill, Mark Hopkins Hotel, from Financial District rooftoop.
Financial District
Elevated view towards street below, Clift Hotel across Taylor Street.
Tenderloin
View southeast to earthquake ruins. Nob Hill, Flood Mansion, Fairmont Hotel, Call Building. Superior duplicate of wnp37.01521 [G810 EF-121] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
Quake ruins, Fairmont Hotel, corner of Flood Mansion fence at left. (G810 EF-127) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
Corner of Powell and Market. [#19, Baldwin Hotel, T.E. Hecht, HO-4] (G810 HO-004) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) (T.E. Hecht copy)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view across Market toward intersection of Market and New Montgomery Street. Five carriages outside entrance of Grand Hotel on New Montgomery, City Railroad Company horsecar #53. Palace Hotel construction site excavated at right. Market Street Horse car tracks. [30, T.E. Hecht, Grand Hotel April 1874, HO-18A] (G810 HO-018A) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) TEH30.
Downtown / Union Square