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View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with mounted equestrian contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments.
Lower Nob Hill
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with large marching contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments.
Lower Nob Hill
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories. (PF)
Lower Nob Hill
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories. (PF)
Lower Nob Hill
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories.(PF)
Lower Nob Hill
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with mounted equestrian contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments.
Lower Nob Hill
Elevated view northeast from Mason & Pine; gardens; Stanford Mansion on right
Lower Nob Hill
View southwest to Sutter Street Railroad Company cable cars #29 (with'Direct To Mechanics Fair' and 'The Lurline Salt Water Baths' signage) and #27 on Larkin, Polk, and Pacific Line. Lurline Baths at Larkin and Bush were built in 1894.
Lower Nob Hill
Elevated view south down Taylor to First Congregational Church, Baldwin Hotel, Sherith Israel Synagogue. [39849]
Lower Nob Hill
Street construction, Von Bremen and Stillger business
Downtown
View south from center of Mason Street to First Congregational Church and beyond.
Lower Nob Hill
View southwest towards City Hall and St. Ignatius steeples from around Pine and Taylor. Charles G. Hooker residence, 917 Bush, at center. Hotel Pleasanton, northwest corner Sutter & Jones is tall building at right.
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Southeast corner Van Ness and Post, built in 1891. It was built of dark red pressed brick relieved by sandstone trimmings and a first floor belt course of granite. (WMK)
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[Knights of Pythias, National Gathering No. 12, Parade, Aug. 13, 1902] Parade marching north on Van Ness. St. Mary's Cathedral spire in background.
Lower Nob Hill
View northeast across Van Ness Avenue near Sutter St. intersection to a contingent of Knights Templar, St. Dunstan's Hotel (built 1901). 9
Downtown
827 Hyde between Sutter and Bush,Pacific Telephone Exchange Building, the only known pre-fire building in this district. In 1919 it was the location of the Franklin exchange; pre-fire it was the East Exchange. [Franklin Office before Fire of 1906]
Lower Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, smokestack and ruins of Sutter Street Cable Railway powerhouse [Power House, Sutter & Polk Sts. #?]
Lower Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Bush near Jones, Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel in the background
Lower Nob Hill
View east along Post St., near Mason. Rebuilt First Congregational Church, retaining bottom of original steeple , St. Francis Hotel under construction. To the right of church on Mason Street, the first story facade of the Native Sons Hall, after demolition of upper stories.
Lower Nob Hill
1906 earthquake and fire, ruins of SF Verein building on the northeast corner of Post and Leavenworth (see also wnp27.3701)
Lower Nob Hill