Conservatory of Flowers

  • Also Known As: Golden Gate Park Conservatory

  • Address: 100 John F Kennedy Dr
  • Vicinity: Mount Link, N of John F Kennedy Dr at E end of Golden Gate Park
  • Outdoor Space of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Conservatory of Flowers is a botanical garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. Notable for displaying and cultivating rare and unusual plants in their historic wood and glass greenhouse. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1878/00/00 Lord and Burnham Architect Construction begins
1879/00/00 Opens
1915/12/05 Dismantling the Panama-Pacific International Exposition begins. Inside the Conservatory of Flowers is a heavy, unmarked, marble urn with nude children forming a ring around its base and a nearby palm tree transplanted from the Panama-Pacific Expo. Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco

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Particulars for Conservatory of Flowers:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Engineering
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Building Type Greenhouse
Architectural Style Italianate
Museum Type Museum
Architectural Style Victorian



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 14th October 1971

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Golden Gate Park Conservatory
Registry Address: Mount Link, N of John F. Kennedy Dr. at E end of Golden Gate Park
Registry Number: 71000184
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: Lord and Burham
Architectural Style: Gothic, Italianate
Area in Acres: 2
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Engineering, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1879
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Museum
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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