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Gough near O'Farrell circa 1960

View northeast from Gough near O'Farrell to Jack Tar Hotel (opened 1960, demolished 2013) and Nob Hill beyond. St. Mark's Lutheran Church (at right, Henry Geilfuss, architect, 1895). At left, First Unitarian Universalist Church (1889). Foundations of demolished buildings at southwest corner in foreground. Later site of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral complex. Rear of prior St. Mary's Cathedral at center (dedicated 1891, destroyed by fire Sept. 7, 1962).
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Gough near O'Farrell Gough near O'Farrell

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