Golden Gate Park


  • Address:
  • Vicinity: Bounded by Fulton St, Stanyan St, Fell St, Baker St, Oak St, Lincoln Way and The Great Highway
  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District
  • Locale Type: Outdoor Space


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PLACES

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Conservatory of Flowers
  • Sight
  • NRHP
100 John F Kennedy Dr Mount Link, N of John F Kennedy Dr at E end of Golden Gate Park
Beach Chalet
  • Sight
  • NRHP
1000 Great Hwy
National AIDS Memorial Grove
  • Sight
  • US N Mem G
Bowling Green Dr Nancy Pelosi Dr
de Young Museum
  • Sight
  • Visit
  • Visit
  • 1001 Bld
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr Golden Gate Park

Objects of Art

WorkTypeCreatorAsNotedIn
Pioneer Mother Monument (sculpture) Sculpture

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Hall, William Hammond Architect
John McLaren (horticulturist) Landscape Architect
1894/01/27 California Midwinter International Exposition opens in Golden Gate Park. The Grand Court, now the Music Concourse area retains sculptures from the expo: "Apple Cider Press" by Thomas Shields Clarke, a Vase by Gustave Dore and "Leonidas" by George Geefs. Hard Apple Cider California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894
1894/07/05 California Midwinter International Exposition closes. Most of the exhibits and buildings are removed. George Turner Marsh's Japanese Village and Tea Garden in now the Japanese Tea Garden. California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894
1940/12/08 The Pioneer Mother Monument is rededicated in Golden Gate Park near the Pioneer Cabin. It can be found on Stowe Lake Dr, off John F Kennedy Dr. Pioneer Mother Monument (sculpture)
2020/06/19 A mob, apparently protesting police brutality, vandalize the Cervantes Memorial, the Apple Cider Press and Leonidas statues.
2020/06/19 On Juneteenth, vandals rip down a bust of Union General US Grant Memorial of a granite pesdital on Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive in Golden Gate Park. The bronze sculpture was created by Rupert Schmid.
2020/06/19 Vandals topple a statue of Padre Junpero Serra Monument on Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive in Golden Gate Park. The bronze sculpture was commissioned by James D Phelan and created by Douglas Tilden.
2020/06/19 On Juneteenth, vandals tear down the bronze statue of Francis Key from the Francis Scott Key Monument in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Designed by William W Story and funded by James Lick, it was the nation's first memorial to Francis Scott Key.

Data »

Particulars for Golden Gate Park:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Landscape Architecture Garden
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Monument, Marker
Museum Type Museum
Historic Use Music Facility
Level of Significance National
Other Description Olmstead-influenced
Locale Type Outdoor Space
Historic Use Park
Area of Significance Social History
Historic Use Sport Facility



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 2004

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Golden Gate Park
Registry Address: Bounded by Fulton St., Stanyan St., Fell St., Baker St., Oak St., Lincoln Way and The Great Highway
Registry Number: 04001137
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local
Architect: Hall, William Hammond; McLaren, John
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Olmstead-influenced
Area in Acres: 1017
Contributing Buildings: 37
Non-Contributing Buildings: 20
Contributing Sites: 47
Non-Contributing Sites: 12
Contributing Structures: 13
Non-Contributing Structures: 20
Contributing Objects: 36
Non-Contributing Objects: 4
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Entertainment-recreation, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Historic Function: Landscape, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Park, Garden, Museum, Sport facility, Monument, Marker, Music facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park Garden Museum Music facility Sport facility Monument, Marker

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