Unfinished History
Southward view across today's Western Addition, from slope southwest of today's Lafayette Park (northeast of California and Fillmore), c. 1860.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
1865 view of Ladies Protection and Relief Society, near today's Franklin and Geary Streets.
Commenced Oct. 1, 1863 / Completed Aug. 20, 1864 / Total Cost: $23,000 is the text written on the 1865 photograph of the Ladies Protection and Relief Society.