RINCON HILL

Historical Landmark

NPS Number: 77000282

Description:
A fashionable neighborhood in the 1860s, Rincon Hill was the home of William Tecumseh Sherman, William C. Ralston, William Gwin, H. H. Bancroft, and others. By the 1880s the hill, already partially leveled, became a working class district. Today it is nearly invisible beneath the Bay Bridge. This plaque is mounted on the retaining wall of St. Mary's Hospital, built 1861 but destroyed in the fire of 1906.

Registration Date: 3/29/1933

Location:
San Francisco
County: San Francisco

Directions:
NE corner of Rincon and Bryant Sts, San Francisco

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