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1935 – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opens as San Francisco Museum of Art in Veterans Memorial Building. 1936 – Bay Bridge opens. [55] 1937 – May 27: Golden Gate Bridge opens. [9] 1940 – Holly Courts housing project built. [9] 1944 – Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples established. [56] 1945 Tonga Room in business.
San Mateo County History Museum, formerly the San Mateo County Courthouse. Ezra Decoto, an Alameda County landowner, sells land to the railroads, and an eponymous small settlement begins at the location; Redwood City in San Mateo County is incorporated (historic building pictured) Hill Park is established in San Francisco
Making San Francisco American: Cultural Frontiers in the Urban West, 1846–1906. Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (1980). Literary San Francisco: A Pictorial History from its Beginnings to the Present Day. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-06-250325-1. OCLC 6683688. Maupin, Armistead (1978). Tales of the City. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-096404-7. OCLC 29847673.
The San Francisco Historical Society was founded in 1988 by historian Charles A. Fracchia. [1]In February 2002, the San Francisco Historical Society merged with the Museum of the City of San Francisco to create the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, [2] which the San Francisco municipal government recognized as the official historical museum of San Francisco. [3]
William Alexander Leidesdorff Jr. (1810 – May 18, 1848) was an Afro-Caribbean settler in California and one of the founders of the city that became San Francisco.A highly successful, enterprising businessman, he is thought to have been the first black millionaire in the United States.
The Museum of the City of San Francisco is a nonprofit museum containing a collection of historic artifacts related to San Francisco. [1] It was founded by Gladys Hansen, who was the city archivist of San Francisco. The executive director is Richard Hansen, Gladys's son. [2]
October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
Joost built the first electric railway going south from downtown San Francisco. José Sarria Court: José Sarria: An honorary section of 16th Street in the Castro neighborhood, José Sarria was an early gay and transgender rights pioneer in San Francisco. Juan Bautista Circle: Juan Bautista de Anza: Judah Street: Theodore Judah: Junipero Serra ...