Huntington Park (San Francisco)

Collis P. Huntington Park is a 1.3-acre (0.53 ha) park in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.[1]

Huntington Park
Huntington Park in 2015, looking northeast
TypeMunicipal
LocationSan Francisco, California
Coordinates37.7921779°N 122.412117°W / 37.7921779; -122.412117
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)[1]
Created1915[1]
Operated bySan Francisco Recreation & Parks Department

Location

Huntington Park is at 1050 Taylor Street and is bordered by California, Taylor, Sacramento, and Cushman streets, in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.[2][3]

History

The park is on land donated to the city in 1915 by Arabella Huntington, widow of railroad tycoon Collis P. Huntington. Their house had stood on the site until it was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.[1] Some of those made homeless by that catastrophe were for a time housed in tents on the site.[4][3]

Facilities

The city-block-size park contains landscaped areas, a playground, and two fountains.[2][3]

At one time, dogs were forbidden, so dog owners would walk them at night.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Collis P. Huntington Park". San Francisco Recreation & Parks. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "Features List – Collis P. Huntington Park". San Francisco Recreation & Parks. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. Thompson, Laura (May 5, 2016). "Great Explorations: Huntington Park". San Francisco. Hoodline. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  4. Nolte, Carl; San Francisco Chronicle Staff (2005). The San Francisco Century: A city Rises from the Ruins of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. The San Francisco Chronicle Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0-9760880-8-8.
  5. Caen, Herb (1949). Baghdad By the Bay. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. pp. 16, 262.
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