#N1327 - Faradon photograph #421, 1856.

"From Nob Hill Showing Happy Valley & Rincon Hill." Side view of the First Congregational Church on the corner of California and Grant (then named Dupont). The church is in the center with the shuttered tower. This building was rented by the Academy from 1874-1890 and housed our first museum.


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