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Coit Tower (also known as Coit Memorial Tower) is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park , was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit 's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco.
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It was established in 1876 in celebration of the United States Centennial. Prior to establishment of the park, it was the site of the Marine Telegraph Station. The main feature of the park, Coit Tower, was completed in 1933 using a $118,000 bequest left to the city by Lillie Hitchcock Coit in 1929. [1]
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The studio apartment is accessed via the 'Labaudt' stairwell, and the door to it is opposite the Level 2 stop on the Otis elevator (the location indicator of which reads '1 2 Top'). A news clipping about the Tower's opening in 1934 included a photo of its first occupants - a middle aged couple - making breakfast in the little kitchen.
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Lillie Hitchcock Coit, 1862. Elizabeth Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 – July 22, 1929) was a patron of San Francisco's volunteer firefighters and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco, California.
Ghirardelli Square is a landmark public square at the foot of Russian Hill and adjacent to the Aquatic Park Historic District in San Francisco.It is often considered to be part of the tourist attractions at nearby Fisherman's Wharf.