Sundown: Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill

            Originally named "Loma Alta" ("High Hill") by the Spaniards and "Goat Hill" by the early San Franciscans, Telegraph Hill (as it came to be called) is one of 44 hills in San Francisco and one of the original "Seven Hills of San Francisco".  The hill owes its current name to a windmill-like structure that was erected in September, 1849 for the purpose of signaling to the rest of the city the nature of ships entering the Bay.  A redundant signal station was built at Point Lobos in 1853 and that, along with the advent of the electrical telegraph in 1862, made the system obsolete.  Though the station was eventually taken down, the hill retained its name.

In 1933, at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit (1843-1929), a tower was built atop the hill in order to beautify the City she loved.  Coit Tower took five years to build and today offers fantastic views of the City.  The tower was built by Arthur Brown Jr. and Henry Howard, who designed many other buildings throughout the city and state. Contrary to popular belief, the tower isn’t designed to look like a fire hose nozzle, though it is a monument to volunteer firefighters.

Taken in: United States / California / Telegraph Hill (show map)

Taken on: November 10, 2023

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