San Francisco County, California

Administration Building, Treasure Island Alcatraz ALMA (Scow Schooner) APOLLO (Storeship) Aquatic Park Historic District Armour & Co. Building Atherton House Audiffred Building Baker and Hamilton BALCLUTHA Bank of Italy Beach Chalet Belden, C. A., House Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse Building at 1735-1737 Webster Street Building at 1813-1813B Sutter Street Building at 1840-1842 Eddy Street Building at 33-35 Beideman Place Building at 45-57 Beideman Place Building at 465 Tenth St. Building at 735 Market Street Buon Gusto Sausage Factory Burr House Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic District C.A. THAYER Calvary Presbyterian Church Camera Obscura Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District Chambord Apartments City of Paris Building Coffin-Redington Building Coit Memorial Tower Colombo Building Dallam-Merritt House Delane House Doolan, Richard P., Residence and Storefronts Drydock 4 Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Edwards, Frank G., House Engine House No. 31 EUREKA Fairmont Hotel Farallone Islands Federal Office Building Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Ferry Station Post Office Building Feusier Octagon House Fleishhacker, Delia, Memorial Building Flood, James C., Mansion Folger Coffee Company Building Fort Mason Historic District Fort Mason Historic District (Boundary Increase) Fort Miley Military Reservation Fort Point National Historic Site Four Fifty Sutter Building Fuller Company Glass Warehouse Geary Theatre Geilfuss, Henry, House Geneva Office Building and Power House Gibb, Daniel, & Co. Warehouse Girls Club Glen Park BART Station Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park Conservatory Goodman Building Grabhorn Press Building Haas Candy Factory Haas-Lilienthal House Hale Brothers Department Store Hale Brothers Department Store (Boundary Increase) Hall of Transportation, Treasure Island Hallidie Building Haslett Warehouse Herald Hotel HERCULES (tugboat) Hotel Californian House at 1239-1245 Scott Street House at 1249-1251 Scott Street House at 1254-1256 Montgomery Street House at 1321 Scott Street House at 1331-1335 Scott Street House at 584 Page Street Hunter-Dulin Building Hunters Point Commercial Drydock Historic District International Hotel Jackson Brewing Company Jackson Square Historic District Japanese YWCA Jessie Street Substation Koshland House Krotoszyner, Dr. Martin M., Medical Offices and House Lee, Don, Building LEWIS ARK (Houseboat) Liberty Street Historic District Lotta Crabtree Fountain Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District Market Street Theatre and Loft District Matson Building and Annex McElroy Octagon House McMullen, John, House Mills Building and Tower Mish House Mission Cultural Center Mission Dolores Moss Flats Building Mutual Savings Bank Building Myrtle Street Flats National Carbon Company Building New Mission Theater NIANTIC (Storeship) Ohlandt Newlyweds House Old Ohio Street Houses Old U.S. Mint One Lombard Street Otis Elevator Company Building Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office Building and Annex Pacific Gas and Electric Company Substation J Paige Motor Car Co. Building Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island Palace of Fine Arts Park View Hotel Payne, Theodore F., House Phelps, Abner, House Pier One Pioneer Trunk Factory-C. A. Malm & Co. Pioneer Woolen Mills and D. Ghirardelli Company Port of San Francisco Embarcadero Historic District Presidio Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System Quarters 1, Yerba Buena Island, Naval Training Station Quarters 10 and Building 267, Yerba Buena Island Rialto Building Rincon Annex Roos House Russian Hill-Macondray Lane District Russian Hill-Paris Block Architectural District Russian Hill-Vallejo Street Crest District Sacred Heart Parish Complex Saint John's Presbyterian Church San Francisco Cable Cars San Francisco Central YMCA San Francisco Civic Center Historic District San Francisco Fire Department Engine Co. Number 2 San Francisco Juvenile Court and Detention Home San Francisco Maritime National Historic Site San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal San Francisco Port of Embarkation, US Army San Francisco Public Library North Beach Branch San Francisco State Teacher's College San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Schoenstein and Company Pipe Organ Factory Scott, Irving Murray, School Second and Howard Streets District Senior Officers Quarters Historic District, Yerba Buena Island Sinton House Six-Inch Rifled Gun No. 9 South San Francisco Opera House Southern Pacific Company Hospital Historic District Spencer, John, House SS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN St. Joseph's Church and Complex St. Joseph's Hospital St. Paulus Lutheran Church Stadtmuller House Swedenborgian Church Swedish American Hall Temple Sherith Israel The Real Estate Associates (TREA) Houses Tobin House Torpedo Storehouse-Torpedo (Mine) Assembly Building & Long Range Accuracy Storage Building Trinity Presbyterian Church Tubbs Cordage Company Office Building U.S. Appraisers Stores and Immigration Station U.S. Customhouse U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Union Ferry Depot Union Iron Works Historic District Uptown Tenderloin Historic District US Mint USS PAMPANITO (submarine) Veterans Affairs Medical Center-San Francisco, California Warren, Russell, House Waybur, Julian, House Westerfeld, William, House Whelan, John A., House Whittier Mansion Wilford, Albert, Houses Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco Women's Building, The Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse YMCA Hotel

150 Years of Service on the Oldest Railroad in the West With Continuous Passenger Service 1545 Divisadero 20,000 Years Ago 220 Golden Gate Ave. 301 Folsom Street 49 Fourth Street 56 Gold Street 851 O'Farrell Street 891 Post Street 901 battery Balclutha A Bathtub for the South Tower A City Undaunted A Lasting Monument A Legacy of Preserving Fish A Memorable Muse A New Ballgame A Rare Moment of Cooperation AIDS Memorial Quilt Alan Turing Alcatraz Lighthouse All in a Day's Work Allen Ginsberg Alleyways in Chinatown Alvin Ailey Ambassador Hotel American Zoetrope America’s First Irish Coffee Ammunition Magazine Andrea's Fountain Andrew Smith Hallidie Antonia Manor Art Deco on a Grand Scale Ashurbanipal Monument At Home in the Nineteenth Century Army Atlee Hammacher Audiffred Building Aviation Firsts: Crissy Army Airfield B'nai Brith Bachelor Officers' Quarters: Pershing Hall Bank of California Bank of Italy Barbara Jordan Barry Bonds Battery Lancaster Bayard Rustin Beale Street Beale Street Wharf Belt Line Railroad Bemis Bag Building - 1906 Bernard Maybeck (1862-1957) Blackhawk Jazz Club Blanco's Café & Music Box Bob Brenly Bobby Bolin Bobby Bonds Brannan Street Braving Wind and Waves Brian Wilson Bridging the Gate — the Beginning Brigantine Galilee Bryant Street Building 49 Building the Seawall Bummer and Lazarus Buried Ships Business on the Wharf Bustle of the City Cadillac Hotel California Admission Day California Electric Building California Labor School California Star California Street Cable Cars Line California Theatre California Volunteers' Memorial Captain Leidesdorff Captain Shorey Castillo de San Joaquin Castro Street Historical Timeline Chavela Vargas Chili Davis China Beach Chinese-American War Memorial Chris Speier Christine Jorgensen Chutchui and Sitlintac Clark’s Point Coit Memorial Tower Coit Tower "Comfort Women" Column of Strength Commander John B. Montgomery's Landing Site Compton's Cafeteria Riot - 1966 Crane 14 Crimps and Dives Crissy Field Crissy Field Transformed Crocker Mansions Crown Zellerbach Building Dahlia Hotel Dalt Hotel c. 1910 Dancing, Roller Skating & Bowling Daring Pilots, Youthful Heroes Darrell Evans Deep Pockets - But Not Deep Enough. Defending the Golden Gate Defending the Golden Gate Del Martin Del Monte Square Devil's Acre & Battle Row Dewey Monument Dick Dietz Dirk Dirksen Discarded Treasure Dominic DiMaggio Dominic Paul DiMaggio Doolan/Larson Residence and Storefronts Down to the Sea in Ships Dr. Jose P. Rizal Dr. Oscar J. Jackson Dr. Sun Yat Sen Dune Stabilization is a Grassroots Effort El Camino Real Electric Streetcar Line Elixir Engine Co. 31 Firehouse Engineering the Design Explosive Military Advances Facts & Figures About the Bridge Far East Café Farnsworth's Green Street Lab Fast Tides, Frisky Winds & Wet Sails FDR's Salute Federico Garcia Lorca Felipe Alou Fereydoun Farrokhzad Ferry Boats Ferryboat Eureka Finnochio's Fireboats on the Bay First Chinese American Boy Scout Troop in America First Chinese Baptist Church First Escape Attempt First Jewish Religious Services First Public Reading of HOWL First Ship into San Francisco Bay First Women in the Army: U.S. Army Nurse Corps Folsom Street Former Film Exchange Former Site of Eureka Lodgings Former Site of Laurel Hill Cemetery Fort Gunnybags Fort Mason Fort Mason Historic District Fort Mason Historic District Fort Mason Historic District Fort Point Fort Point Arch Fort Point Light Fort Point National Historic Site Fort Point National Historic Site Frances E. Willard Francisco Street Frank Marini Fray Francisco Palou, O.F.M. Freeway Supports Fremont Street French 24-Pounder Frida Kahlo Gary Lavelle Gaylord Jackson Perry Gaylord Perry Gene Compton's Cafeteria Riot 1966 George Choy George Sterling Park and the Alice Marble Tennis Courts Gerry Studds Gertrude Stein Getting Around Ghost Ship - Lydia Glen Canyon Park History Glenn Burke Gold Mountain Golden Gate National Recreation Area Legislation Golden Gate Park: A Brief History Graceful Brick Building Granville House Green Street Greg Minton Guillermo Granizo Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Haas-Lilienthal House Haight-Fillmore Building Hamlin Hotel Hang Ah / 香雅 Hang Ah Alley / 香亞巷 Hanging the Roadway Deck Hanlin Tea Restaurant / 翰林茶館 Harrison Street Harry Hay Harvey Milk Harvey Milk Heavy Cruiser USS San Francisco (CA38) Herb Caen Way Hicks Engine Hills Bros. Coffee Trademark Hills Brothers Coffee Hints of History Historic Shipwrecks - Lost at the Golden Gate Historic Trees Historical Site History of Union Square Hobart Building Home of Benjamen Chinn Home Telephone Company Homeland of the Yelamu Hotaling Building Hotel Bristol Hotel Drake Hotel Jefferson Hotel Winton House of Gerhard F. Terschuren Howard Street Hudson's Bay Company Huntington Park/Fountain of the Tortoises Hyde Street Pier Hyde Street Pier Was Part of Highway 101 I Left My Heart in San Francisco In Memory of Adolph Sutro In Memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise Ina Donna Coolbrith Indian Occupation 1969-1971 Indian Occupiers Industrial Architecture Industrialization of the Shoreline Infantry Row Isadora Duncan Issei Women's Legacy Italian American Bank Italy Harbor J.T. Snow Jack Clark Jack London James Baldwin James Lick Baths / People's Laundry Bldg. Jane Addams Japanese Tea Garden Japanese Tea Garden Gates Java House Jeff Brantley Jeffrey Leonard Jerry Garcia Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) Jim Barr Jim Davenport Jim Ray Hart John Burkett John Montefusco John's Grill Johnnie LeMaster José Sarria José Sarria Joseph Paul DiMaggio, "Joe" Josephine Baker Juan Antonio Marichal Sanchez Juan Bautista de Anza Juan Marichal Juana Briones y Tapia de Miranda Keith Haring Kevin Mitchell Kids for Hire. King of the Road! King Street Kirt Manwaring Kiyoshi Kuromiya Klebingat Recalls The City Front Klockars' Blacksmith Shop Kong Chow Association and Temple La Misión San Francisco de Asís Landscaping the Post: From Grassy Hills to Forests Laundresses' Row Leonard Matlovich Liberty Bell Slot Machine Liberty Ships – Born in World War II Lincoln Beachey Little Chile Lombard Street Lou Sullivan Louis Roesch Building Lover’s Lane Lower Military Prison Luisa Tetrazzini Lupo’s Restaurant Luxury to the Tropics Making the Impossible, Possible: The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge Marie Equi Marina Air Field Marines Memorial Club Mark Hopkins Hotel Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park Matt Cain Matt Williams Maxime Le Forestier: la Maison Bleue / the Blue House Mayors of San Francisco Men of Vision Metro Theater Building Metropolitan Club Mexico's Liberty Bell (A Replica) Midori Hotel Migration of the Monastery Stones Miguel Hidalgo Mike Krukow Mike McCormick Miles Archer Military Intelligence Service Language School Mint Hill Misión San Francisco de Asís Mona's 440 Club Montgomery Street Barracks Montgomery Street Barracks Murphy Windmill Murphy Windmill Murphy Windmill Music in the Military: Presidio Band Barracks Native Daughters of the Golden West Home Native Sons Building Navigating the Golden Gate - Bonfires, buoys, and foghorns North West Corner of Original Presidio Not Just a Water Tower Oasis Apartments Octagon House Officer Jane Warner Officers' Club Old and New: Presidio Fire Station Old Post Chapel Old Post Hospital Old Post Hospital Old Ship Saloon Old Station Hospital On Lok House Original Joe's Original Site of Bancroft Library Original Site of Third Baptist Church Orlando Cepeda Orlando Manuel Cepeda Oscar Wilde Our Legal Hassles. Outpost of an Empire Pacific States Building Paddle Tug Eppleton Hall Page Hotel Parrot Building Peoples of the Coast - Why did they live here? Pershing Square Persian Carpet Petaluma's Sternwheel Peter A. Magowan Peter Macchiarini Steps Peter R. Maloney (4th Street) Bridge Phelan Building Phillip Burton Pier 1, Working Waterfront: Design and Construction Pier 1, Working Waterfront: Ferry Service Pier 1, Working Waterfront: Geography & Rail Pier 1, Working Waterfront: The 1934 Strike Pier 39 Obsolete for Shipping? Piers 1½, 3 & 5 Pink Triangle Park and Memorial Pioneer Monument / California Native Americans Planning Golden Gate Park Polytechnic High School Pony Express Pony Express Wharf Portsmouth Plaza Post Chapel Presidio of San Francisco Propellers from Klamath Quartermaster Warehouse and Power Plant Radial Drill Press Raising of the American Flag Rammaytush Randy Moffitt Randy Shilts Remnants of Rincon Hill Resisting the Twisting Rich Aurilia Rick Reuschel Rikki Streicher Rincon Hill Ringold Alley Roald Amundsen Robert Lee Frost Robert Louis Stevenson Ross Alley / 舊呂宋巷 Russian Hill Russian Navy Heroes Ryan Vogelsong Sally Ride Sambado Liquors San Francisco Bay "Ark" San Francisco Bay Shore Line Marker San Francisco Brewing Company San Francisco Centre San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame San Francisco Gold Rush Shoreline San Francisco Lawn Bowling Clubhouse and Greens San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco Port of Embarkation San Francisco Port of Embarkation San Francisco Port of Embarkation (1932-1962) San Francisco Vietnam Veterans Memorial San Francisco's First People San Francisco's Hellenic Heritage San Francisco's Most Popular Postcard. Sanitation at Sea Sarcophagus of Thomas Starr King Save the Palace Schooner C.A. Thayer Schooner Parallel “Blown to Atoms“ 1887 Scott Garrelts Scow Schooner Alma Sears Fine Food Sergeants' Row Setting A Deadly Obstacle Course SFFD Engine Co. No. 2 Sharon Building Ship Balclutha Ship Brooklyn Ship Propeller Drive Shaft Shipbuilding at Steamboat Point Shreve & Co. Signs of History Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Site of First California State Fair Site of First U.S. Branch Mint Site of Old St. Mary’s Site of Original Mission Dolores Chapel and Dolores Lagoon / Rammaytush Site of San Francisco’s First Book Store Site of Ship Niantic Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. Site of the First Public School in California Site of the Jenny Lind Theatre and San Francisco City Hall Site of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art Site of What Cheer House Site of Woodward's Gardens Sixth Army Headquarters Soto Mission of San Francisco Southbeach Shoreline – 1852 Spear Street Spinning the Main Cables Splendid Survivor Splendid Survivor Spofford Alley / 斯呂宋巷 St. Francis of Assisi by Beniamino Bufano St. Francis of Assisi Church St. Ignatius College St. John’s Presbyterian Church St. Mary's Chapel Bell St. Mary's College St. Mary's Pub Steam Donkey Engine Steam Tug Hercules Steamboat Point Steel Lathe Steel, Fog, Salt, Rust, and Paint Steering the Ship... Sterling Park Stu Miller Sutler's Quarters Sutro’s Steam Train Swedish American Hall Sylvester Talbot-Dutton House Tall and Strong Telegraph Hill Telegraph Hill Telegraph Hill Historic District Tennessee Williams The $25 Reward That Cost $2,416,825. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade The Alameda The Alaska Packers The Anza Expedition Camped Here The Arrival of the First Japanese Naval Ship The Banking Firm of Pioche et Bayerque The Barbary Coast Trail The Bay Bridge The Big Pier 37 Fire. The Big Strike The Birthplace of a Great City The Black Cat Café The Buena Vista Cafe The Bulldog Baths The California Academy of Sciences The California Midwinter International Exposition The Carpenter Shop... The Cathead... The City at Play The Clock Tower The Coast Miwok The Condor The Conservatory The de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park The Deckhouse The Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club The Doughboy The Eagle Cafe Moves Up to Pier 39. The Embarcadero Freeway The Era of Earthworks Batteries "The Family" The First Dynamite Factory in America The First Public Children's Playground in the United States The Forecastle... The Francis "Lefty" O'Doul Third Street Bridge The Frank J. Portman Memorial Diorama The Garcia and Maggini Warehouse The General Harrison The Golden Gate Bridge: Vision, Genius and Expert Care The Golden Hydrant The Half-Deck The Hawley Terminal Building "The Holocaust" The Industrial Age The Jackson Brewery The Jazz Workshop The Lapidos House The Last Word in Airfields The Lexington Club The Lusty Lady The Main Fiferail... The Matson Line The Mechanics’ Institute The Montgomery The Montgomery Block The Morgue The Music Concourse The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal The New Cliff House The Old Broadway Jail The Old Chamber of Commerce Building The Old Clam House - 1861 The Ordoñez Gun The Oriental Warehouse The Palace Lagoon The PPIE Experience The Rainbow Flag The Return of the C.A. Thayer The River Lines The Saloon The Salvation Army The San Francisco Columbarium The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals The Screening Room - 1966-1980's The South End Rowing Club The Stinking Rose The Tubbs Cordage Building This Memorial to Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan Those Who Harvest the Sea Ticket to Ride Tina Modotti Tito Fuentes Tom Haller Tom Waddell Towing in the Open Ocean Townsend Street Treasure Island Triple-Expansion Steam Engine Tug Sea Fox Turning Sand to Gold Types of Bridges U.S.S. Oregon Marine Corps Memorial Union Bank Building Unione Sportiva Unsung Heros Uoki Sakai USS Pampanito (SS-383) Vallejo Street Vernon Alley Victoria Manalo Draves Vida Blue Virginia Woolf W.H. Auden Wally Heider Recording - 1969-1980 War in the Philippines Warden's House Warfield Hotel Waterfront Railroad Watershed History (Channel) Watershed History (North Shore) We'wha Welcome to Ocean Beach Wells, Fargo & Co. West Hotel Westerfield House Western Defense Command Headquarters Western Gulls Western Headquarters of Russell, Majors, and Waddell Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway Wetlands Renaissance Whaling Out of San Francisco White Angel William Alexander Leidesdorff William Alexander Leidesdorff William Ingraham Kip William Randolph Hearst Willie Howard Mays, Jr. Willie Howard Mays, Jr. Willie Mays Willie McCovey Willie McCovey Willie McCovey Cove Willie "Woo Woo" Wong Workin' on the Railroad Working Under Water World War II World's Tallest Bridge Towers Yard Evolution: New Power and Production Yard Layout: Form Follows Function Yukio Mishima “The D’Arcy Building” “The Orient Building”
San Francisco County, located in Northern California, has a rich and diverse history that dates back thousands of years. Before European settlement, the area was inhabited by the Ohlone people, who lived along the coast and relied on the abundant natural resources for their livelihood.

In 1776, Spanish settlers established a mission named San Francisco de Asís, which would eventually give its name to the modern city of San Francisco. The region was under Spanish and Mexican rule until 1848, when California was ceded to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War. The discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada in 1848 sparked a massive influx of people to California, including to the rapidly growing settlement of San Francisco.

During the mid-19th century, San Francisco experienced rapid growth and development as a result of the Gold Rush. It quickly became a major port city and a bustling center of trade and commerce. The city's population grew rapidly, attracting people from all over the world, including immigrants from China, Ireland, and Italy.

In the early 20th century, San Francisco faced multiple challenges, including the devastating 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires, which destroyed much of the city. However, it was quickly rebuilt, and by the mid-20th century, San Francisco became known as a hub of counterculture and progressive politics. It played a pivotal role in the civil rights and LGBTQ+ movements and became known for its cultural diversity and vibrant arts scene.

Today, San Francisco County remains a prominent cultural, economic, and technological center, known for its iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. It continues to attract people from all over the world with its thriving tourism industry, thriving tech sector, and rich history.
Brief timeline of the history of San Francisco County, California:

  • 1776: Spanish settlers establish Presidio of San Francisco.
  • 1821: Mexico gains independence from Spain, taking control of San Francisco.
  • 1846: United States military takes control of San Francisco during the Mexican-American War.
  • 1848: Discovery of gold in California leads to Gold Rush and rapid population growth in San Francisco.
  • 1850: San Francisco establishes as an official city and county.
  • 1906: The devastating earthquake and fire strike San Francisco, causing widespread destruction.
  • 1915: San Francisco hosts the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to showcase its recovery from the earthquake.
  • 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge, connecting San Francisco to Marin County, opens to the public.
  • 1942: Japanese-Americans living in San Francisco are forced into internment camps due to World War II.
  • 1967: The "Summer of Love" brings thousands of young people to San Francisco to protest and celebrate counterculture.
  • 1989: Loma Prieta earthquake strikes, causing significant damage to the city.
  • 2008: San Francisco County begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of San Francisco County, California.