Coit Tower

Coit Tower is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built in 1933. Lillie Hitchcock Coit left one-third of her estate to the city "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city which I have always loved".[3]

Coit Memorial Tower
San Francisco Designated Landmark No. 165
Coit Tower with statue of Columbus in foreground
Coit Tower is located in San Francisco County
Coit Tower
Coit Tower
Coit Tower is located in California
Coit Tower
Coit Tower
Coit Tower is located in the United States
Coit Tower
Coit Tower
Location1 Telegraph Hill Blvd., San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°48′09″N 122°24′21″W
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1933
ArchitectBrown, Arthur Jr.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.07001468[1]
SFDL No.165
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 2008
Designated SFDL1984[2]
Coit Tower in 2008, looking WSW

The art deco tower is made of unpainted reinforced concrete. Architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard designed it. The tower has fresco murals by 27 different on-site artists and their assistants, plus two additional paintings installed after creation off-site.[4]

The tower was not designed to resemble a fire hose nozzle,[5] despite Coit's affinity with the San Francisco firefighters of the day, in particular with Knickerbocker Engine Company Number 5.

  • View of Coit Tower, Alcatraz, and Marin County from Downtown.
    View of Coit Tower, Alcatraz, and Marin County from Downtown.
  • The intersection of Filbert Street and Napier Lane on Telegraph Hill.
    The intersection of Filbert Street and Napier Lane on Telegraph Hill.
  • A closer photograph of Coit Tower from the parking lot.
    A closer photograph of Coit Tower from the parking lot.
  • Coit Tower elevator
    Coit Tower elevator
  • A picture of Coit Tower at sunset.
    A picture of Coit Tower at sunset.
  • Coit Tower from a below street.
    Coit Tower from a below street.
  • Looking up at the tower
    Looking up at the tower
  • Coit Tower at Night
    Coit Tower at Night

The murals
  • Industry both in the city and out in the fields was an important theme in the murals.
    Industry both in the city and out in the fields was an important theme in the murals.
  • Notice the robbery on the bottom right, and the car accident in the center
    Notice the robbery on the bottom right, and the car accident in the center
  • Some of the headlines in the newspapers discuss the creating of the murals
    Some of the headlines in the newspapers discuss the creating of the murals


References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  3. Pryor, Alton (2003). Fascinating Women in California History. Stagecoach Pub. pp. 86. ISBN 0966005392.
  4. "Coit Tower Murals - San Francisco, CA - Murals on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  5. Crowe, Michael F. and Robert W. Bowen (2007). Images of America: San Francisco Art Deco. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 72. ISBN 978-0-7385-4734-3.

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