Cliff House Project

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Fire!

On September 7th, 1907 the Cliff House caught fire while being remodeled and burned completely to the foundation...

 

 

 

postcard, postmarked Oct 2, 1907

Reverse: "The powers that be seem determined to clean out the old town and give us a greater and better one."

 

 

 




An alternate crop from the same negative, courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
 

 


San Francisco Public Library Collection

 


San Francisco Public Library Collection

 

Aftermath...

 

(The below is a close-up of the above image - hover mouse to see dimensions of building)

 

 


San Francisco Public Library Collection

 

 


 


Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

 


Courtesy of Mary Hountalas

 


 

All that remains...


The above charred stump is all that remains of the 1896 Cliff House.
Taken 10-19-06 by John Martini
 


The red arrow indicates the location of the stump.
 


The red dot indicates the approximate location of the support.

 

 

 


San Francisco Examiner
(click image for full resolution)
 



The San Francisco Call
Sept 8, 1907

 



Oakland Tribune, Sept 8, 1907
(for full page pdf documents, click here:  page 1page 2)

 


New York Times, Sept 8, 1907

 


San Francisco Chronicle, Sept 9, 1907
Image courtesy of Jim Caddick
(This is an unusual view angle, most likely taken from Fisherman's Rock)
 

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