Introduction
The goal of this website is to preserve the visual
imagery of Adolph Sutro’s Victorian Cliff House. It was neither the
first structure nor the last to carry the name of Cliff House, but it was
certainly the most grand. Sadly, its existence was short-lived. It was
constructed in 1896 and, like so many wooden structures of that era, burned
completely to the ground in September
of 1907.
Over the last few years I’ve collected a number of
photographs and such, some from ephemera shows, some from antique shops, and
many from ebay. But my personal
resources can only go so far. My hope is that others who share an interest in
the Cliff House will share their finds on this website as well. There’s an
implied obligation of those (myself included) who own these nuggets of history to
share them, not squirrel them away in some dusty shoebox only to risk oblivion
via flood, fire, or neglect.
So by all means…drop me an
email if you have some
treasured photograph of your own that you’re willing to share. If
you’re worried about copyrights, I can overlay the image with a
watermark or some other identification to protect it from being copied. If you
want to be credited, that's not a problem. If you have a capitalist slant
and want to sell copies, I can link to your website. It’s all fine by me. As long as these images are not eventually
lost forever, history is served.
This way to the photo
gallery...
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