Stargazer: Difference between revisions

No edit summary
(added link)
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
[[Image:glenpark$stargazer-long-shot.jpg]]
[[Image:glenpark$stargazer-long-shot.jpg]]


Line 5: Line 7:
[[Image:glenpark$stargazer-closeup.jpg]]
[[Image:glenpark$stargazer-closeup.jpg]]


H. Taylor, a railroad worker, bought this land from [[Father of Southwest San Francisco Behrend Joost (1845-1917)|Behrend Joost]], owner of Sunnyside Land Co., in 1891. In 1898, W.A. Merralls, a mining engineer and inventor, bought the house and erected the Conservatory, housing rare plants and birds. It is now called the Stargazer, and is maintained by the San Francisco Dept. of Recreation and Parks.
H. Taylor, a railroad worker, bought this land from [[Father of Southwest San Francisco Behrend Joost (1845-1917)|Behrend Joost]], owner of [[Sunnyside|Sunnyside Land Co.]], in 1891. In 1898, W.A. Merralls, a mining engineer and inventor, bought the house and erected the Conservatory, housing rare plants and birds. It is now called the Stargazer, and is maintained by the San Francisco Dept. of Recreation and Parks.


''Photos: Chris Carlsson''
''Photos: Chris Carlsson''


[[Miguel Street |Prev. Document]]  [[Monterey Blvd 1920 |Next Document]]
[[Miguel Street |Prev. Document]]  [[Miraloma (1914) |Next Document]]


[[category:Glen Park]] [[category:Westwood Park]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:buildings]]
[[category:Glen Park]] [[category:Westwood Park]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:buildings]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, 3 February 2015

Unfinished History

Glenpark$stargazer-long-shot.jpg

The Stargazer at 220 Monterey Blvd., owned by the Rec. and Parks Dept now, was once a conservatory housing rare plants and birds.

Glenpark$stargazer-closeup.jpg

H. Taylor, a railroad worker, bought this land from Behrend Joost, owner of Sunnyside Land Co., in 1891. In 1898, W.A. Merralls, a mining engineer and inventor, bought the house and erected the Conservatory, housing rare plants and birds. It is now called the Stargazer, and is maintained by the San Francisco Dept. of Recreation and Parks.

Photos: Chris Carlsson

Prev. Document  Next Document