Golden Gate Park
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- Vicinity: Bounded by Fulton St, Stanyan St, Fell St, Baker St, Oak St, Lincoln Way and The Great Highway
| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
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| Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
| Conservatory of Flowers |
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100 | John F Kennedy Dr | Mount Link, N of John F Kennedy Dr at E end of Golden Gate Park |
| Beach Chalet |
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1000 | Great Hwy | |
| National AIDS Memorial Grove |
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Bowling Green Dr | Nancy Pelosi Dr | |
| de Young Museum |
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50 | Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr | Golden Gate Park |
| Work | Type | Creator | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Mother Monument (sculpture) | Sculpture |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| 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. |
| Particulars for Golden Gate Park: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Landscape Architecture | Garden |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Historic Use | Monument |
| 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 |
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