Filbert & Kearny
Looking west down Filbert St. towards Russian Hill. Garfield School on right.
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Filbert & Varennes
Cars angle parked near Garfield School
Telegraph 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
Lincoln School
Elevated view southwest across 5th Street to Lincoln School. Designed by architect William Craine, construction began in August, 1864 and was completed in July, 1865. This photo was taken before the unveiling of Pietro Mezzara's Abraham Lincoln statue in April, 1866. Plank sidwalks. [503. Lincoln School House, Fifth Street, from corner Market; San Francisco.]
South of Market
Lincoln School
View northeast from lot across 5th Street. Two-story house adjacent with balconies and carriage. Designed by architect William Craine, construction began in August, 1864 and was completed in July, 1865. This photo was taken before the unveiling of Pietro Mezzara's Abraham Lincoln statue in April, 1866. Variant of wnp71.0266. [502. Lincoln School House - Fifth Street]
South of Market
Mason St. Grammar School
Located at Corner of Washington and Mason, built in 1866. Later called Washington Grammar School, and eventually became the site of the Chinese Recreation Center. [340. Mason Street Grammar School, San Francisco.]
Nob Hill
Denman School
View northwest across intersection of Bush and Taylor Streets to Denman Grammar School. [Denman School, Bush Street, San Francisco, 791]
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness & Hayes
1906 Earthquake and Fire,,View northwest from Van Ness to Hayes Street side of St. Ignatius Church and College. Present site of Davies Symphony Hall. [Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. St. Ignatius Church]
Civic Center
Bush & Leavenworth
[229. View on Bush Street - looking east from Leavenworth street.] Bush Street east of Leavenworth. At far left is 1018 Bush, probably built in 1862 for real estate dealer Barnett Keesing. To its east is a triplex built in 1865, possibly by Keesing. To its east is a row of four Italianate houses built in 1860. Expensive fences and walls provide a protective border between the houses and the muddy street. In the distance is the mansard roofed Denman School. [WK]
Lower Nob Hill
Denman Grammar School
View northwest across Bush Street to Denman School. Plank sidewalks. [230. The Denman Grammar School, Bush Street]
Lower Nob Hill
Pacific Business College
View south across Post to Mechanics Institute, 31 Post Street between Kearny and Montgomery (built 1866). Blake Dentist, Taylor & Hallett Wine Merchants.
Downtown / Union Square
Lincoln School
View northeast across Fifth Street near Market, From Old Mint. Pietro Mezzara's statue of Abraham Lincoln, seen here after its installation in front of the school in April, 1866, was originally cast in plaster and displayed at the Mechanics Institute Fair in Union Square in August, 1865. It was the first Lincoln statue erected in Lincoln's honor. Lincoln School was designed by architect William Craine, construction began in August, 1864 and was completed in July, 1865. Empty lot at right was future site of Metropolitan Temple, cornerstone laid August, 1876, dedicated August, 1877. [Lincoln School, S.F. 3682]
South of Market
Geary & Taylor
[Geary Street, from Taylor, view East, S. F.] On the near right corner of Geary and Mason is the only known view of one of the earliest buildings to be constructed in this area. It was built as a Presbyterian Church in 1854 and went through a number of uses as a church, Sunday School, and a non-sectarian school (the Urban Academy on the likely date of this photograph)(PF), 8th Ward Market at 443 Geary. Palace Hotel in distance, spires at left are on Calvary Presybterian church. Plank sidewalks. Watkins Stereoview 2450.
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
Temple Sherith Israel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast across intersection to Temple Sherith Israel (Albert Pissis, architect) from California and Webster, apparently being repaired after 1906 earthquake. Sign for relocated Superior Court on side of building. Cooper Medical College / Lane Hospital (Later Stanford University Department of Medicine and Pacific Medical Center, demolished 1974) on left.
Pacific Heights