Huntington Park (San Francisco)
Collis P. Huntington Park is a 1.3-acre (0.53 ha) park in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.[1]
| Huntington Park | |
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 Huntington Park in 2015, looking northeast | |
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| Type | Municipal |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′32″N 122°24′44″W / 37.7921779°N 122.412117°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)[1] |
| Created | 1915[1] |
| Operated by | San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department |
Location
editHuntington Park is at 1050 Taylor Street and is bordered by California, Taylor, Sacramento, and Cushman streets, in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.[2][3]
History
editThe park is on land donated to the city in 1915 by Arabella Huntington, widow of railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington. Their house had stood on the site until it was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.[1] Some of those made homeless by that catastrophe were for a time housed in tents on the site.[4][3]
A replica of the Fontana delle Tartarughe was installed in the center of the park in 1955. Originally purchased by Ethel Sperry Crocker for her Hillsborough mansion, the Crocker family donated the fountain to the city in 1954 as part of an estate sale.[5]
Facilities
editThe city-block-size park contains landscaped areas, a playground, and two fountains.[2][3]
At one time, dogs were forbidden, so dog owners would walk them at night.[6]
Gallery
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View northeast, including the Pacific-Union Club, 2015 -
View east, showing fountain and lampposts, 2015 -
View of the Huntington Hotel, to the south, 2015 -
View of Grace Cathedral, west of Huntington Park, 2021
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Collis P. Huntington Park". San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Features List – Collis P. Huntington Park". San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c Thompson, Laura (May 5, 2016). "Great Explorations: Huntington Park". San Francisco. Hoodline. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ Nolte, Carl; San Francisco Chronicle Staff (2005). The San Francisco Century: A City Rises from the Ruins of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. The San Francisco Chronicle Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0-9760880-8-8.
- ^ Casey, Cindy (March 30, 2012). "Nob Hill – Fountain of the Turtles". ArtandArchitecture-SF.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Caen, Herb (1949). Baghdad By the Bay. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. pp. 16, 262.
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