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Geary & Taylor circa 1875

[Geary Street, from Taylor, view East, S. F.] On the near right corner of Geary and Mason is the only known view of one of the earliest buildings to be constructed in this area. It was built as a Presbyterian Church in 1854 and went through a number of uses as a church, Sunday School, and a non-sectarian school (the Urban Academy on the likely date of this photograph)(PF), 8th Ward Market at 443 Geary. Palace Hotel in distance, spires at left are on Calvary Presybterian church. Plank sidewalks. Watkins Stereoview 2450.
Carleton Watkins (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Geary & Taylor Geary & Taylor

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