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Palace Hotel, San Francisco
The original Palace Hotel th...
Old Saint Mary's Church
This church dates from the 1...
Lotta's Fountain
Lotta Crabtree, a famous Vaudeville performer, who began h...
Hobart Building
A stunning example of classical revival architecture, the ...
Flood Building
Completed in 1904, the Flood...
Columbus Tower
Construction on the Columbus...
Bank of Italy Building, San Francisco
In 1908, this eight-story bu...
The Old Collier County Courthouse
The Old Collier County Courthouse, now Everglades City Hal...
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Born in a single room log cabin on his father's Sinking Sp...
Saratoga National Historic Park
On September 19, 1777, Burgoyne had split up his 7500-man ...
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Palace Hotel, San Francisco
The original Palace Hotel that stood on this site was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire. The current building, designed by architects Trowbridge & Livingston, was completed in 1909. Occupying most of a city block, this nine-story ...
Old Saint Mary's Church
This church dates from the 1850s, when it was constructed in the midst of brothels that flourished during the gold rush boom. The plaque under the clock counsels “Son, Observe the Time and Fly from Evil” (Ecclesiasticus 4:23). ...
Lotta's Fountain
Lotta Crabtree, a famous Vaudeville performer, who began her career in San Francisco during the gold rush, bought this 24-foot tall cast iron sculpture for the city in 1875. The beautiful Lotta reputedly danced on barrels in saloons for miners, ...
Hobart Building
A stunning example of classical revival architecture, the Hobart Building was completed in 1914. It was reputed to be the favorite commercial building of its designer, Willis Polk, and features a sculpted terra cotta exterior with a corbeled cornice and ...
Flood Building
Completed in 1904, the Flood Building survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This 12-story steel-frame building was constructed on the site of Baldwin’s Hotel and Theatre, destroyed by fire in 1898, and later purchased by James L. Flood, ...
Columbus Tower
Construction on the Columbus Tower, also known as the Sentinel Building, began in the early twentieth century and was temporarily interrupted by the 1906 earthquake. Completed in 1907 (some sources say 1915), the tower is a steel-framed flatiron ...
Bank of Italy Building, San Francisco
In 1908, this eight-story building became the headquarters of A. P. Giannini’s Bank of Italy (precursor of the Bank of America) after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed the original bank building in nearby North Beach. ...
The Old Collier County Courthouse
The Old Collier County Courthouse, now Everglades City Hall, located at 102 Copeland Avenue North, is a two-story Neoclassical Revival style building that was built in 1928 and modified in 1948 and 1956. In 1948, major changes were made to ...
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Born in a single room log cabin on his father's Sinking Spring Farm on Sunday, February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln's early years on the Kentucky frontier helped to shape his character and prepare the boy who would grow up to ...
Saratoga National Historic Park
On September 19, 1777, Burgoyne had split up his 7500-man army into three columns to sweep around where he believed the Americans might be. One column of British troops would move west about 2 miles inland and begin to move ...
