Coit Tower - San Francisco, CA - American Guide Series on Waymarking.com

The following excerpt is from "San Francisco: The Bay and its Cities":

Grown from loam-filled crevices on the bare rocky summit, its yellow broom, cypress trees, and stately eucalyptuses bank in greenery the base of COIT MEMORIAL TOWER, a slim fluted concrete column (Arthur Brown, Jr., architect) whose glass enclosed observation gallery is 540 feet above the waters of the Bay. The tower is named for a life-long friend of San Francisco's firefighters, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, who in 1929 left funds to the city to be used for a memorial to the volunteer firemen of the 1850's and 1860's.

Coit tower was built in 1933 for the city of San Francisco by Lillie Hitchcock Coit. It stands atop Telegraph Hill and offers expansive views of San Francisco, including Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, Angel Island, Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge, Russian Hill, the Financial District, Lombard Street, and Nob Hill.

The 210 foot art deco style tower was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard and is constructed from reinforced concrete. Inside the spiral stairwells, the halls, and at the top of of the tower rotunda are numerous WPA murals, most of which have been restored and can be seen for no charge when the tower is open.

The following links are to photos of the WPA era murals which I found on Flickr.com: laborers mural, street scene mural, factory mural, library mural, flower market mural.

Book: San Francisco Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 248 Year Originally Published: 1940

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