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This camera obscura was destroyed when the restaurant burned down in 1907. When the third Cliff House opened in 1937, the owner was approached by businessman Floyd Jennings with the idea of adding a camera obscura to the cliffs beside the restaurant. It was installed on the site in 1946 and has been in continuous operation since then. [4]
The Cliff House is a neo-classical style building perched on the headland above the cliffs just north of Ocean Beach, in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The building overlooks the site of the Sutro Baths ruins, Seal Rocks , and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area , operated by the National Park ...
The Cliff House – a historic restaurant first built in 1863, rebuilt following fires in 1894 and 1907. It also houses the Camera Obscura , a historic building containing a device that projects a 360° image
San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant that has served tourists and locals for more than a century from atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean is closing its doors at the end of the year ...
Los Angeles Harbor Region: Historic house: 1844 two-story Monterey-style adobe home Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: Claremont: San Gabriel Valley: Paleontology: Part of The Webb Schools, vertebrate, invertebrate, and track fossils Redondo Beach Historical Museum Redondo Beach: Greater Los Angeles Area: Local history: Located in the 1904 ...
In 2002, when renovations to the Cliff House had begun, the National Park Service announced plans to relocate the Musée Mécanique temporarily to Fisherman's Wharf. A portion of the $14 million renovation was devoted to moving the museum, with support from the National Park Service, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and museum owner Ed Zelinsky.
Cliff House of Folsom was named “best new restaurant” in 1990 by Five Star Review, The Orangevale News reported at the time. The restaurant served breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The living history museum shows the story of development in Southern California through historical architectural examples. The museum focuses on interpreting the years 1850 to 1950, a century of unprecedented growth in Los Angeles. Volunteer interpreters give thorough tours that incorporate the history, architecture, and culture of the region.