Lombard & Hyde
View east from Lombard and Hyde St, overlooking crooked section of Lombard.
Russian HillHouses
Contains 291 photos
Vicente & 47th Ave
View north to Muni L-Line #1136 turning onto 47th Ave.
Parkside
Genoa Place
View south from Filbert toward downtown.
Telegraph Hill
Union near Montgomery
View west to Russian Hill. Trees at center are on south side of Washington Square. 330-334 Union on right with tiled roofs on rounded bays.
Telegraph Hill
View SE from Russian Hill
Looking southeast over North Beach from near Filbert and Hyde to Telegraph Hill. Washington Square at left, St. Francis of Assisi Church at right.
Russian Hill
Telegraph Hill
View northeast. Washington Square (before major landscaping) at lower left. Columbus Ave. (Montgomery Ave.) not yet constructed. Yerba Buena Island in distance right. [433. Telegraph Hill, from Russian Hill.]
Russian Hill
View from Rincon Hill
View north from the Residence of Bishop William Kip, 338 2nd Street. Octagon house at 329 Second Street, owned by Wales L. Palmer, at right.
South of Market
View from Russian Hill.
View northeast over Washington Square (before major landscaping) to Telegraph Hill. [Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco. (No. 7.) 768]
Russian Hill
View E from Russian Hill
View east over North Beach. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex in middle distance at Powell St. Tightly cropped from Watkins image at wnp26.725. [Telegraph Hill and Goat Island from Russian Hill, S.F. 3725]
Russian Hill
Taylor & Geary
View north from Geary. On right, at Post and Taylor, Temple Sherith Israel synagogue, built in 1870. In distance center, the residence of attorney Richard Tobin, at the southeast corner of California and Taylor streets (1871). The architects, S. C. Bugbee and Son, also designed the Colton, Crocker, and Stanford mansions nearby. Present site of the Huntington Hotel. Plank sidewalks. Watkins No. 2449.
Tenderloin
View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (with grading and landscaping completed April, 1869) towards Russian Hill. Filbert St at lower right. Same image as wnp24.184a. [984. Russian Hill]
Telegraph Hill
Dore near Bryant
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Dore near Bryant Street. Tilted houses and cracked ground from 1906 earthquake.
Showplace Square
View N from Pacific Hts
Part of Panorama, View northeast over Cow Hollow from about Broadway and Pierce. Gas House Cove, Fort Mason, Alcatraz, Angel Island in background. At center left, The Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Episcopal, built 1891, extant 2020) at southwest corner of Union and Steiner, with trees of Frank M. Pixley estate opposite. Pixley owned the entire forested block and his house was within. He also owned much nearby land and gave the land to St. Mary the Virgin on which they built their church. Pixley, 1825-1895, was a journalist, attorney, and politician.
Pacific Heights
View N from Pacific Hts
View north on Pierce St., from near Broadway. Henry Casebolt Mansion, 2727 Pierce between Green and Vallejo built 1865 (extant) at far left (San Francisco Landmark No. 51). Small church beyond Casebolt House was built in 1887 with funds provided by Stephen S. Smith, deacon of the Plymouth Congregational Church and publisher of the Pacific. In 1895, it became the Pierce Street Congregational Church. Large mansion with tower on southwest corner of Pierce and Union was built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Four story windmill and water tank across Union. At right, The Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Episcopal) at corner of Union and Steiner, with trees of Frank Pixley estate opposite. San Francisco Gas Works at far right. Part of Panorama, Cow Hollow.
Pacific Heights
View NW from Pacific Heights
View northwest toward Cow Hollow. Intersection of Pierce and Broadway at bottom. House at 2502 Broadway still standing. Henry Casebolt House (SF Landmark, built 1865) behind white fence past Vallejo St. on Pierce. Small church beyond Casebolt House was built in 1887 with funds provided by Stephen S. Smith, deacon of the Plymouth Congregational Church and publisher of the Pacific. In 1895, it became the Pierce Street Congregational Church. Large mansion at southwest corner of Pierce and Union was built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Four story windmill and water tank across Union. Bay and Presidio tidal slough in distance.
Pacific Heights