Jackson Square Historic District is an area in downtown

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. It dates back to the city's earliest years and the 1849 gold rush, and is known for its historic commercial buildings in the

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styles. The Jackson Square Historic District was added to the

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in November 18, 1971, with periods of significance spanning from 1850 to 1924.

Definition

Jackson Square Historic District is bounded approximately by

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on the north, Washington Street on the south, Columbus Ave. on the west and Sansome Street on the east. Jackson Street runs through it. According to the 2010 neighborhoods map of the San Francisco Association of Realtors (SFAR), Jackson Square Historic District lies within the

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/ Barbary Coast neighborhood. However, according to a 2006 definition by the city mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, the area forms part of the North Beach neighborhood.

History

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Jackson Square encompasses the northeastern part of the former Barbary Coast red light district. It contains several buildings that survived the 1906 earthquake. Hotaling Place, a one-block lane near the end of Columbus Avenue that used to lie on the city's shoreline, has been called, "San Francisco's oldest alley." It is named after businessman

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, who maintained a warehouse on the lane for his whiskey, which may have helped saving the building in the 1906 earthquake and fire, as commemorated in a poem by

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that today is displayed on a plaque there: :"If, as they say, God spanked the town, :For being over-frisky, :Why did He burn

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Notable buildings and historical locations

Colombo Building The Colombo Building, also known as the Drexler Building or Drexler-Colombo Building, is a historic commercial building built in 1913, and is located at 1–21 Columbus Avenue in the Jackson Square Historic District in San Francisco, California. ...

, 1-21 Columbus Avenue *

Fugazi Bank Building The Fugazi Bank Building, also known as the Fugazi Banca Popolare Operaia Italiana Building, and Old Transamerica Building, is a historic commercial building built in 1909, and located at 4 Columbus Avenue in the Jackson Square Historic District ...

, 4 Columbus Avenue * Grogan-Lent-Atherton Building, 400 Jackson Street * Ghirardelli Building, 407 Jackson Street *

Hotaling Building The Hotaling Building is a historic building in San Francisco, California. It is located at 451 Jackson Street in Jackson Square. It is a San Francisco Designated Landmark. History It was built in 1866 by Anson Parsons Hotaling to originally be ...

, 451 Jackson Street * Hotaling Annex East, 445 Jackson Street * Hotaling Annex West, 463–473 Jackson Street * California Masonic Lodge No. 1, 728 Montgomery Street *

Golden Era Building Golden Era Building, formerly known as the Call Building, is a historic commercial building built in 1852 during the California Gold Rush, and located at 732-734 Montgomery Street in the Jackson Square area of San Francisco, California. The Gold ...

, 732–734 Montgomery Street * First Jewish religious services in San Francisco, 735 Montgomery Street * Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co., NE corner of Montgomery and Jackson

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{{Neighborhoods of San Francisco Neighborhoods in San Francisco Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco San Francisco Designated Landmarks