Masonic Temple, : erected in the years 1860 & 1861, by the Masonic Hall Association of the city of San Francisco, N.W. Corner of Montgomery & Post Streets
Creator
Clark & Kenitzer, architect Britton & Co., printer Kuchel, Charles Conrad, 1820-, printer
Image of an eye-level street view of the three-story, Gothic-style Masonic Temple in San Francisco, California, with clock tower, statues, and ornate architectural details; pedestrians and people on horseback in the street. "Britton & Co. Print."--text, bottom left margin. "Clark & Kenitzer, Architects."--text, bottom margin centered. "C.C. Kuchel Lith. 176 Clay St. S. Francisco."--text, bottom right margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by Clark & Kenitzer, in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California."--text, bottom margin centered. "160 feet on Post St. / top of ballustrate [sic] 79 feet."--text, bottom left margin. "75 feet on Montgomery St. / Tower 139 feet." --text, bottom right margin. "Presented by / Brother C.W. Smith. / To Madison Lodge No 23 / F and M"--text, handwritten in ink, bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 90.81 x 70.8 cm (35 3/4 x 27 7/8 in.)
San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Fraternal lodges--Pictorial works Masonic buildings--Pictorial works Architecture--Details--Pictorial works Annotations Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Organizations Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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