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Landmark 192
Site of the Jenny Lind Theatre and San Francisco City Hall
750 Kearny Street at Merchant
Financial District
1850s
Site of the Jenny Lind Theatre and San Francisco City Hall Commemorative Plaque
25 August 2007
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Site of the Jenny Lind Theatre and San Francisco City Hall

The third Jenny Lind Theatre was opened by Tom Maguire on October 4, 1851, on the same site as the two preceding it, which were destroyed in the fires of 1851. In 1852 the City of San Francisco purchased this theatre for use as the city hall.

State Registered Landmark No. 192

Tablet placed by the California Centennials Commission with the cooperation of the Society of California Pioneers

Dedicated November 15, 1949

California Admission Celebration
(High Definition Viewer)
October 29, 1850

San Franciscans hold a grand procession in Portsmouth Plaza to celebrate the admission of California to the Union.

The El Dorada and the Jenny Lind Theatre dominate the eastern edge of the plaza.

The Third Jenny Lind Theatre, San Francisco
(High Definition Viewer)
1853

The third Jenny Lind Theatre.

Site of the Jenny Lind Theatre and San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco.
Devolution
1971

Although the idea of slum clearance is under assault in San Francisco, Holiday Inn uses Urban Renewal exemptions to bypass design review by the City Planning Commission and erect a hotel on the site. The plaque is mounted on the wall of the hotel as a cautionary tale.

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