Coit Tower

Coit Tower is a  tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built in 1933. Lillie Hitchcock Coit left one-third of her estate to the city "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city which I have always loved".

The art deco tower is made of unpainted reinforced concrete. Architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard designed it. The tower has fresco murals by 27 different on-site artists and their assistants, plus two additional paintings installed after creation off-site.

The tower was not designed to resemble a fire hose nozzle, despite Coit's affinity with the San Francisco firefighters of the day, in particular with Knickerbocker Engine Company Number 5.
 Photo gallery 

The murals

References

Other websites

video of tower history and mural tour

San Francisco Highs at Coit Tower 
Coit Tower page in New Deal Art Registry 
Photography of Telegraph Hill  by Bennett Hall

Category:National Register of Historic Places
Category:Art Deco buildings
Category:Towers in North America
Category:Buildings and structures in San Francisco
Category:20th-century architecture
Category:Landmarks in San Francisco
Category:1933 establishments in California
Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 20th century