San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
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History<br />
Adolph Sutro purchased the land in 1881. Under his ownership, what was then called<br />
"Blue Mountain" was renamed "Mount Davidson," for George Davidson, a charter<br />
member of the Sierra Club. Sutro then sold this land, along with much of the land<br />
immediately north and south of Mt Davidson, to his appraiser, A. S. Baldwin.<br />
The first cross was erected in 1923 for a service led by Dean J. Wilmer Gresham of Grace<br />
Cathedral. Several more were built and destroyed until 1933 (the land was purchased by<br />
the City in 1929), when Mayor Angelo Rossi, former Mayor "Sonny Jim" James Rolph,<br />
the Easter Sunrise Service Committee, and the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden<br />
West pledged to construct a permanent cross to commemorate the early California<br />
pioneers. The cross was completed the next year with President Franklin D. Roosevelt<br />
lighting the cross via telegraph on March 25, 1934- one week before Easter.<br />
The cross itself has been the subject of much discussion among the residents of <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Francisco</strong>. Specifically, trying to balance the cross' obvious religious stature and its<br />
position as a secular, historic landmark. As a result, the City auctioned 0.38 acres of land,<br />
including the cross, to the highest bidder in 1997. The cross was sold to the Council of<br />
Armenian-American Organizations of Northern California, and has since served as a<br />
memorial of the 1915 Armenian genocide.<br />
See also<br />
Armenian Genocide<br />
Satellite image from Google<br />
History of Mount Davidson<br />
Nob Hill, <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, California<br />
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />
Nob Hill refers to a small district in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, California adjacent to the intersection<br />
of California and Powell streets (and the respective cable car lines).