The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-20
FRISCO'S FAMOUS .. ">:
j.. LANDMARKS GONE
Hotels and Business Houses Costing Millions, Magnificent
Public Buildings, Beautiful Mansions of the Rich, Col
leees, Churches, Clubs, Apartment Houses-Al Gone.

facing Union square, erected at a cost Of
$4,000, 900, and the Paramount hotel, at
California and Powell streets, the most
conspieuouslyy located in the city, are IN
was built by Mrs. Herman Oelrichs> at
a cost Of $4,000, 900, and named, in
honor Of her father, the late Senator
James G. Fair. At ~
College Destroyed.
The magnificent group of buildings
at Van Ness avenue and Hayes street,
of the St. Ignatius college and cathe-
| dral, probably worth So, 900, 900. and
St. Dominick g church on Steiner street,
near California, and the Emanuel syna-
gogue, a handsome structure of the orr
entail type, on Suffer street, were wiped
out.
The Hall of Justice, facing Ports
mouth square,, and. just east of China
town, the combustible material of. the
fimsily constructed buildings feeding
the flames like powder. $50 .4&,
~:~ In Residence Section.
1 Up. and on and over the hills: to, the
westward the confagration gained head
way when it reached the residence sec
tion. From Golden Gate. avenue north:
ward to- Pacific street the buildings
were dynamited to stay the progress Of
the flames, but without avail. The heat
was so intense that the ruins of build
ings were ignited by spontaneous com
bustion. Out on Van Ness avenue, the
fashionable drive across the city from
north to south, the devastation is com
plete on the east side, but the fate of
the Spreckels, the Hobart and other
great mansions on the west side is not
known at this hour.
So, 900, 900 Postofice DESTROYED.
The branch United States mint on
Fifth street near Market was not de-
stroyed, but was damaged to a consid.
cradle extent. Its escape is due to the
fact that it occupied a large square
separated from surrounding buildings
by the wide paved space. Two blocks
west of the mint stood the splendid new
postoffice building, finished about SIX
Z months ago and erected at a. cost .pt
So, 900, 1000 for actual construction. 1T
g was one Of the most beautiful buildings
in the United States, said to have beer
$ equaled in architectural excellence only
u by the new congressional library al
Washington. 1t was destroyed. 80
e In the Business Section. .
y Down in the older business sections
were many old landmarks, but they ex
ist NJ longer. The Occidental hotel or
Montgomery street, for years the head
o. quarters for any army officers that Wis
tied San Francisco; the old Lick house
the old Russ house, also on Montgomery
street; the Nevada National bank
block, the Hayward building on@Califor
O MIA and Montgomery, q: modern .Struet
j. ure Of ten stories; then to the eastward
the splendid-example- -ef-@-the@sever
n gothic style, the California Nationa
a bank, the First National bank, tn
Eirct 10 n dion Pony nf (or, -, aro 49,.
g., London and San Francisco, on Califor
MIA street; the London, Paris AM
e American bank, and the Bank of Brit
ish North America, on Samson street
ell the large German-American Saving
a bank, also on California-these are
few of the notable buildings destroyed
'elEin that district. .r.,
V. Wreck of the Theaters. |
The California hotel and theater o.
Bush street near M montgomery; tn,
: Grand operahouse,.So Mission street
where the ConriedGarand Opera com
pany had just opened a two weeks en-
/, Engagement; the Orpheum, the Columbia
the 4Alcazar, the Majestic, the Contra
y and Fishers Were=some Of the playhouse
n to which pleasure zoving San Francisc'
e was wonttos flock.
n ApartmentSHou Destroyed.
H. "7 -tI- -.
a Among the apartment houses dc
stroyed are:
It On aGeary Street.-The st. Augustine, the Ale,
10 andria, 1.-The Victoria. Is 2S'&sf5&.@%5 I
70 On Sutter-The Pleasanton, the Aberdeen, til
io Waldeck, the Granada.
III On Pine-Tbe Colonial, the Iona Vista. Ii
Benas Vista. 3 s. s
al On Ellis-The Dunerin, Hamilton, the Eli
f. the Royal. the Hart. the Ascot and the 81
), Catherine.
d On O'FarreH Street.-The Eugene, the Kno,
lie 1.-The st. George the. Ramon. the Gotham. 1
ar On Eddy Street.-The Abbottsford. !
Oh eTaylor-The Abbey. /
w On Turk Street.-The Netherlands. :
" : On Polk Street.-The Savoy. $
)G On Bush Street.-The Plymouth. +
Fate of the Restaurants.
q San NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the ea
DE- eellence of its restaurants. Many Q
a these were known wherever the trave
he er discusses good living. Among thel
We're the Pup, and Marschand's o
IN Stockton street aud Poodle Dog or
Of Of the most ornate, distinctive resta,
Id rants buildings in the. United States
Id Zinkand's and the Piesta, on Marke
of street; the famous Palace grill in til
90 Palace hotel. and scores of Bohemia
d + resorts in othersparts of San Francisco
g,ENn traee e. eftthem remains.
e Newspaper Plants in Ruins.
AT the junction Of Kearney, Marks
sls and Geary streets stood the three new
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