Rincon Hill

San Francisco County · First Street between Harrison and Bryant, San Francisco · location approximate

Rincon Hill, lowest of San Francisco's hills, was converted into a government reserve, with a battery of 32-pounders located on it, in 1846. In 1853 a marine hospital was constructed here on the hill; it was demolished in 1919. During the 1860's and 1870's it was a fashionable residential district of San Francisco.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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