Commander John B. Montgomery's Landing Site
On July 9, 1846, in the early morning, in “the days when water came up to Montgomery Street,” Commander John B. Montgomery – for whom Montgomery Street was named – landed near this spot from the U.S. Sloop-of-War “Portsmouth,” to raise the Stars and Stripes on the plaza, now Portsmouth Square, one block to the west.
Marker is at the intersection of Montgomery Street and Clay Street, on the right when traveling north on Montgomery Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
