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St. Mark’s Lutheran ChurchCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Pastor Dan Buringrud, Lead Pastor'' [[Image:St Marks Lutheran Church September 1974 opensfhistory wnp25.11381.jpg|800px] '''St. Mark's Lutheran Church, September 1974.''' ''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp25.11381'' Founded in 1849 during the California Gold Rush as waves of German immigrants began to arrive in San Francisco, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church has been..."
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Meiggs WharfCreated page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:Meiggs-Wharf-c-1865-75-JJ Getty.jpg '''Meiggs Wharf, seen in this photo from the slopes of Telegraph Hill extending northward into the bay sometime between 1865-1875, started from the corner of today's Powell and Francisco Streets, now many blocks from the shoreline.''' ''Photo: J.J. Reilly, courtesy Getty collection'' Image:Meiggs-Wharf-from-Russ..."
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Mechanics PavilionCreated page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:1st-fair-building.jpg By the summer of 1857 the Mechanics Institute erected a Fair Building on a sandy hill on the outskirts of town—on Montgomery Street between Post and Sutter. The wood frame building had a canvas roof and was approximately 18,000 square feet—then the largest building in California. The interior was cross-shaped, with four rooms..."