Nobby Clarke's Folly

Unfinished History

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Nobby Clarke's Folly in the 1990s

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Nobby Clarke's Folly, at the corner of Douglass and Caselli in upper Eureka Valley, built on a 30-acre spread in 1892. Nobby Clarke got his money as clerk to the Police Chief during the first decades of San Francisco's urban existence.

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Nobby Clarke's Folly early view

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Nobby Clarke's Folly #2

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

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