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San Francisco City Guides was founded after frequent requests for a tour of City Hall. Gladys Hansen, City Archivist, San Francisco History Room, City Hall, trained a few volunteers to give tours of City Hall and the San Francisco Civic Center to dignitaries, visitors and students. There were no schedules and tours were provided on an as-needed ...
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]
San Francisco, [23] officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center within Northern California.With a population of 808,988 residents as of 2023, [14] San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the 17th-most populous in the U.S.
The James C. Flood Mansion is a historic mansion at 1000 California Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California, USA.Now home of the Pacific-Union Club, it was built in 1886 as the townhouse for James C. Flood, a 19th-century silver baron.
The San Francisco sound refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based rock groups of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It was associated with the counterculture community in San Francisco, particularly the Haight-Ashbury district, during these years. [ 1 ]
Burr Mansion, or Burr House, is a historic house built in 1875, and is located at 1772 Vallejo Street in the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco, California. [2] It was commissioned by Ephraim Willard Burr , the 8th mayor of San Francisco, for his son upon his marriage engagement.
In 1769 Spain occupied the San Francisco area and by 1776 had established the area's first European settlement, with a mission and a presidio.To protect against encroachment by the British and Russians, Spain selected Punta del Cantil Blanco, a promontory with a high white cliff (cantil blanco) located at the narrowest part of the bay's entrance, [4] to construct a fortification.
Aquatic Park Historic District is a National Historic Landmark and building complex on the San Francisco Bay waterfront within San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. The district includes a beach, bathhouse, municipal pier, restrooms, concessions stand, stadia, and two speaker towers. [4]