The San Francisco directory: embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory : also, a directory of streets, 1879 , Part 303

Author: Langely, Henry G
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1196

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Regular services are held on Sundays at eleven o'clock A. M., although the evening and weekday meetings have been temporarily suspended. The church building has been rented, and the congrega- tion now worships in the small chapel adjoining. Sunday School meets at half past nine o'clock A. M.

Officers .- Wales L. Palmer, E. R. Hawley, and Eu- gene T. Cooper, Elders.

Larkin Street Presbyterian Church.

Location, corner of Larkin and Pacific streets. Rev. John M. Allis, Pastor; residence Abbotsford House, Broadway, bet Larkin and Polk streets

This enterprise was commenced by Rev. J. D. Strong, in the Spring Valley School House, in April, 1862. A Union Sabbath School, under the superin- tendence of E. R. Waterman, had previously existed it the neighborhood for more than two years, but was not formally connected with the church movement till near the close of that year, when an effort was made to erect a house of worship, but failed for want of the requisite funds. During the following Sum- mer the effort was revived, and in September, 1863, & Board of Trustees was incorporated, a lot purchased at an expense of $1,000, plans and specifications pre- pared by S. H. Williams, and the contract for build- ing the church edifice let to J. W. Duncan. On the fourth of September, 1864, the building was com- pleted and dedicated. It is of wood, seventy-two feet long and forty-two feet wide, and has seats for about four hundred persons. Its architecture is plain and unpretending, but neat and tasteful. Its whole cost was a little over $10,000.

Services every Sabbath at eleven o'clock A. M. and half past seven o'clock P. M. Young People's Prayer Meeting Sundays at half past six o'clock P. M., and

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HUTCHINSON & MANN, General Insurance Agents, 322 and 324 California St., and 302 Sansome St.

ANDERSON & RANDOLPH. Jewelers. 101 Montgomery St.

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regular Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night. The Sabbath School has an average attendance of two hundred and fifty, and meets immediately after morn- ing service ; J. S. Webster, superintendent.

Church Officers-Warren Holt, J. S. Webster, A. B. Crosby, George F. Trogler and William J. Walker, Elders ; F. M. Stocking, Henry Dutton Jr., S. H. Wil- liams. J. S. Webster, William J. Walker and W. G. Brackett, Trustees; Joseph Weed, Treasurer

Central Presbyterian Church.

Location, north side of Tyler street, between Tay- lor and Jones. Rev. W. J. Smith, Pastor : residence, 208 Eddy street.

This church was organized by a Committee of the Presbytery of California, May 14, 1865, with forty- seven members, with Rev. John G. Fackler as Acting Pastor. At present it has on its roll the names of two hundred and ninety-eight communicants, In the Summer of 1865, the congregation erected an edifice on Mission street, between Fifth and Sixth, where they worshipped until the Summer of 1869, when a second house of worship on Tyler street, between Tay- lor and Jones, was completed and formally dedicated to the service of God on Sunday, November 28, 1869. The Rev. John G. Fackler, through whose labors the congregation was gathered, was installed Pastor in April, 1866, and officiated until the Fall of 1870, when a call was extended to the Rev T. M. Cunningham, D. D., to become their Pastor, which he accepted. He preached his first sermon on Sabbath morning, Octo- ber 9, 1870, and continued to officiate until Decem- ber, 1875. The congregation and Sabbath School increasing so rapidly, it was determined to sell this edifice, which was done in the month of August, 1872. In September, 1872, the contract for the present build- ing, called the "Central Presbyterian Tabernacle," was signed, and the work commenced to erect a build- ing which is free to all persons. It was dedicated to the worship of God on the 20th day of April, 1873. The building is an octagon shape, surmounted by a dome from which suspends a sunburner, which is the only light used. The walls are handsomely frescoed and contain appropriate mottoes from the " Beati- tudes." A splendid organ fills up the entire east wall. The basement is divided into lecture room, two class rooms, kitchen (used at the social meetings of the con- gregation), study, and library.

On the second Sabbath in November, 1878, Rev. W. J. Smith preached his first sermon, continuing to fill the pulpit from that time until March 12, 1879, when at a meeting of the congregation he was unani- mously elected as their Pastor.

Sabbath services held at eleven o'clock A.M., and half-past seven o'clock P.M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday in the lecture room at half-past seven o'clock P.M., and on Sabbath evenings at half-past six o'clock P.M. Praise service is held till half-past seven o'clock P.M., when the usual service is held. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is administered on the first Sabbath in March, June, September, and December. The Sabbath School connected with the church was organized January 15, 1865, with fifty- seven scholars and twenty teachers, with Stephen Franklin as Superintendent. The whole number of teachers and scholars now enrolled is two hundred and forty-two; meets at half-past nine o'clock A.M. The library contains two thousand useful volumes, which are eagerly read by the children.

Young People's Aid Society meets every Tuesday evening, at half past seven o'clock. Superintendent of Sunday School, August Hemme.

Church Officers .- A. Hemme, Asa Harker, George I. N. Monell, Elders ; James Moore, Deacon.

Emmanuel Presbyterian Church.

Location, Harrison street, between Fifth and Sixth. Rev. James Woodworth, Acting Pastor ; office, 114 Montgomery Block.

This church was organized in the month of July, 1867, with twenty-seven members, under the direction of the Presbytery of California. The Sabbath School connected with the church was organized January 6, 1867, at the corner of Seventh and Folsom streets ; number of scholars at the time, thirty. It now has three hundred scholars, though the average attendance is less than half that number, and a library of seven hundred volumes.

The preaching services are for the present suspended, the house, which is a rented one, being occupied Sab-

bath mornings for other purposes. Bible reading at one o'clock P. M., and Sabbath School at half past two o'clock P. M.

United Presbyterian Church.

Location, west side of Mason street, between Eddy and Ellis. Rev. M. M. Gibson, Pastor ; residence, 803 Guerrero street, near Twentieth.

This church was organized January, 1866, by the Rev. J. T. Cooper, D. D., with thirty-eight members ; it now numbers about two hundred and fifty. It uses the metrical version of the Psalms of David in praise. The pews are free.

Services are held every Sabbath at eleven o'clock A. M., and half past seven o'clock P. M. Sabbath School at half past nine o'clock A. M.

Church Officers .- William Brown, James Foster, John Smith, John Duncan, John McKay, Elders ; J. A. Calhoun, President ; John McIlwaine, Treasurer ; Peter Milliken, George Bennett, Thomas Wilson, John Mar- shal and James Scobie, Trustees.

Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Location, south side of Fell street, between Octavia and Laguna. Rev. M. L. Berger, Pastor ; residence, 318 Page street.

Organized April 4, 1864. Number of members, one hundred and eighty.

Services every Sabbath at eleven o'clock A. M. and half past seven o'clock P. M. Sabbath School at two o'clock P. M. C. Geddes, Superintendent. Average attendance, two hundred and fifty. Prayer meetings Wednesdays and Fridays at half past seven o'clock P.M.

Church Officers .- C. S. Capp, John O. Doane, David Kerr, Thomas Moffatt and Monroe Greenwood, Trus- tees; Monroe Greenwood, Treasurer ; D. A. Brown, Clerk.

Howard Street Presbyterian Church.

Location,east side of Howard street between Twenty- first and Twenty-second. Rev. A. S. Fiske, Acting Pastor; residence, 235 San Jose avenue.

Organized 1868. Number of members, one hundred and ten. The increase in the membership during the past year has been about sixty-six per cent.

Services every Sabbath at eleven o'clock A.M. and half past seven o'clock P.M. Prayer meeting and Teachers' meeting at half-past seven Wednesday even- ing.

Sunday School at half-past twelve P.M. Average attendance one hundred and eighty.

Church Officers .- J. W. Stewart, O. F. Von Rhein, A. S. Hall, and David Meeker, Elders; George C. Per- kins. Samuel Crim, J. W. Stewart, O. F. Von Rhein, D. Meeker, L. B. Mastick, L. W. Sawyer, J. M. Stock- ton, and J. W. Mayberry, Trustees.

St. John's Presbyterian Church.

Location, north side of Post street, between Mason and Taylor. Rev. W. A. Scott, D.D., LL. D., Pastor; residence, 521 Post street

This church was organized March 6, 1870, in Pacific Hall, by the Presbytery of San Francisco, with fifty- eight communing members. The number at present is three hundred and seventy. Soon after its organ- ization the congregation purchased their present beautiful place of worship from the St. James' Epis- copal Parish, for the sum of $45,000, and have since expended $20,000 for improvements. The organ, which is a very excellent one, cost $10,000. Church services at eleven o'clock A.M. and half-past seven o'clock P.M.

The Sabbath School connected with the church has five hundred members, and a library containing thirteen hundred and seventeen volumes, with nu- merous diagrams of Bible places and scenes. It meets at half-past nine o'clock A.M.

Church Officers .- Stephen Franklin, Edward Dillon, George Mearns, G. K. Gluyas, William Small, and James D. Thornton, Ruling Elders; Henry M. New- hall, Albert Miller, N. G. Kittle, J. O. Rountree, David Porter, M. L. McDonald, Edward Roper, A. D. Smith, Frank Henderson, and Thomas Anderson, Trustees.

Olivet Presbyterian Church.

Location, Tennessee street, between Sierra and Napa. Pulpit supplied by the Presbyterian Theolog- ical Seminary.

BULLOCK & JONES, 105 Montgomery Street, Importers Men's Furnishings.

Steinway Superb Pianos at GRAY'S MUSIC STORE, 117 Post ot.

Dolls at GEO. LOOMIS', 706 to 716 Kearny St., opposite the Plaza.

CHURCHES.

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This church is built on a lot of land, fifty by one hundred feet, presented by E. A. Lawrence, Esq. It was erected in 1871 at a cost of $4,500. The church affords sittings for two hundred and fifty. Services every Sabbath at half-past eleven o'clock, A. M.

Sabbath School at 2 o'clock, P. M. Connected with the school is a library of five hundred volumes.

Church Officers .- Nathan Davidson, V. Bellman, A. Fulton, J. Morrison and Dr. De Witt, Trustees.

Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Location; Eighteenth avenue, near Railroad ave- nue, South San Francisco. Pastor, vacant.

The Memorial Presbyterian Church was incorpora- ted March 23, 1871, and a lot of ground fifty by one hundred feet, on Eighteenth avenue, given by Elijah Case and Messrs. Thornton & Williams. The church accommodates one hundred and fifty, and was built at a cost of $5,000-$1,000 of which was contributed by the Board of Church Erection of New York, and the balance by neighboring inhabitants and friends of the church.

Services every Sabbath at eleven o'clock, A. M., the pulpit being supplied either by the Presbytery or from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. An ef- fort is being made to unite this charge with the Olivet Church, in order to maintain a regular minister.

The Sabbath School connected with the church meets at two P. M., and numbers seventy-five mem- bers.

Church Officers .- Robert Morrison, David Dodd and Francis A. Barrett.

Woodbridge Presbyterian Church.

Location, corner of Twentieth and Capp streets. Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, D. D., Pastor ; residence, 627 Nineteenth street.

This church was organized Easter Sunday, 1876. Rev. Dr. Woodbridge having been removed by the Presbyteryof San Francisco from his pastoral charge of the Howard Street Presbyterian Church, a considera- ble portion of the congregation withdrew and were constituted into this church. They gave the name in honor of their Pastor, being the pioneer minister of his denomination in California. The house of wor- ship with its adjoining chapel, including the loca- tion, has cost about $15,000, all of which has been subscribed, leaving the church free from debt. Of this sum Mr. August Hemme contributed $6,500. The number of communicants is eighty. Services at eleven o'clock A.M. and half past seven o'clock P.M. The Sunday School has an average attendance of three hundred, and meets at half past twelve o'clock P.M.

Church Officers .- Hugh Forsman, A. H. Murphy, and S. A. Rice, Elders ; S. M. Brookes, Jerome Stan- ford, Captain John Ager, H. Taylor, and A. McNicoll, Trustees.

Welsh Presbyterian Church.

Place of worship, Cambrian Hall, 1133 Mission street. For the present the pulpit is supplied alter- nately by the Revs. Aaron and Moses Williams, the society not having as yet selected a regular Pas- tor. Organized March 17, 1878. Number of members, thirty. Hours of service, eleven o'clock A.M. and half past seven o'clock P. M. Sunday School at half past two o'clock P.M. Average attendance, fifty.

Church Officers .- Robert S. Roberts, Evan Watts, Williams, Robert E. Williams, and Thomas D. Jones, Trustees.

Chinese Mission House.

Location, northeast corner of Stockton and Sacra- mento streets. Rev. A. W. Loomis, D. D., Missionary ; residence, 1505 Jones street.

The house is brick, and was built by the liberality of the citizens of San Francisco, and by funds from the Presbyserian Board of Foreign Missions, whose office is in New York, and by which this mission to the Chinese in California is supported. The house contains school rooms and rooms for a Chinese Chris- tian Association, a chapel which will seat nearly three hundred people, and apartments for the residence of a mission family.

Religious services in the Chinese language are held every Sabbath morning and evening, and also on Wednesday evenings. A Sabbath School is also held in connection with each of these three services.

It is free to the Chinese, and is taught by the mis- sionaries and other teachers who are supported by the Mission.

ROMAN CATHOLIC. St. Mary's Cathedral.

Location, northeast corner of California and Dupont streets. Most Rev. Joseph S. Alemany, Archbishop ; Very Rev. J. Prendergast, V. G. Pastor; Rev. Hugh Lagan and Rev. P. J. Cummings, Assistants ; Rev. J. Flood, Secretary ; archiepiscopal and pastoral resi- dence, 628 California street, adjoining the Cathedral.

The erection of this noble structure was commenced on the seventeenth of July, 1853, during which year the basement portion was built, and the work was re- sumed the July following. Dedicated December 25, 1854. The church is seventy-five feet wide, fronting on California street, by one hundred and thirty-one feet on Dupont street. Service was begun at mid- night on December 24, 1854. The basement portion is lighted from both sides, and well ventilated. The present expenditure for the building is $175,000. The church portion is forty-five feet high in the clear, and contains spacious galleries, and an organ loft. The ceilings are vaulted with a series of groined arches, which are decorated, and every means have been re- sorted to for accommodation, light, and ventilation. The church can seat twelve hundred persons. The tower is at present one hundred and thirty-five feet high, and when completed with a spire, will be two hundred feet high. The edifice is of Gothic architec- ture, which has been carried out in every detail throughout the building. In all the arrangements for the erection of the church the greatest attention was paid to the selection of the best material, and to the combination of strength and durability, which are admirably effected in its contruction.

The present dimensions of the cathedral not being sufficiently large for the vast congregation that at- tends it, it is intended to add about thirty feet more to its length. An archiepiscopal and pastoral resi- dence on California street, and a beautiful and spaci- ous baptistry have also been erected.

Attached to the cathedral is a large day school for boys.

Masses: Sundays, at six in Summer, and half-past six in Winter, half-past seven, nine, and half-past ten o'clock A.M. ; week days, six, half-past six, seven, and half-past seven o'clock A.M .; Vespers, at half-past seven o'clock Sunday evenings.

St. Francis' Church.

Location, north side of Vallejo street, between Du- pont and Stockton. Rev. J. F. Harrington, Pastor ; Rev. Terence Caraher and Rev. James O'Connor, As- sistants. Pastoral residence, 519 Green street.

This church was organized by Very Rev. Anthony Langlois, in the Spring of 1849, through whose efforts a commodious frame building was erected in the month of December, 1849,, and was the first Roman Catholic Church organized in San Francisco. Its ground base was forty by one hundred feet, one story in height. During the year 1859-60, a large and com- modious church was erected, which was dedicated on the seventeenth of March, 1860. Its design is of the Gothic order, prevalent in the fourteenth century, presenting an illustration of the Christian architec- ture of that period. The principal features of this imposing structure are the towers, which project be- yond the body of the church, and present in the ele- vation four divisions, rising to a height of ninety feet from the ground. The entrance porch, or vestibule, has two side aisles, a semi-octagonal sanctuary, and two sacristies, and is approached by a flight of ten steps, ascending to the vestibule, from which, at each side, are entrances to the galleries and baptistry, and in front are the pointed arched doorways which lead to the nave and aisles. In the central space between the towers are the three doorways communicating with the vestibule, and thence with the interior. Over the central door there is a large and elegant three-compartment window, and in the gable a highly decorated rose window. Over each side door there is a lofty and spacious niche, which rises from richly molded brick corbels; there are also three marble panels with appropriate inscriptions, recessed in the

An evening school is open throughout the week, brickwork immediately over the doorway and gable ;

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the work is finished with a massive and richly deco- rated cross.

The east and west sides of the structure are divided by buttresses into eight spaces, in each instance, seven of which contain the large, pointed arched windows, which light the church. Beneath the church floor there is a large, well-lighted basement, which is used as a school room, and also as a place of meeting for the parishioners. The extreme dimensions of the building are sixty-six feet front by one hundred and thirty-seven and one-half feet in depth; from the floor to the foot of the rafters is thirty-five feet, and from the floor to the apex of the ground arches is fifty-six feet. Cost over $100,000.

A large organ made in this city by Joseph Mayer, organ builder has been recently erected in the choir gallery. Three large oil paintings by Joseph Harring- ton, the one over the high altar representing the cruci- fixion, and those over the side altars the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph, and a fine set of the Stations of the Cross, painted at Munich after Fuehrich, the celebrated Viennese artist, complete the interior de- corations of the church, and are much admired.

Masses : Sundays at a quarter past six, half past seven, nine, and half past ten o'clock A. M. Sunday School at half past one o'clock P. M. Vespers and Benediction on Sunday at half past seven o'clock P. M. Mass on week days at seven and a quarter to eight o'clock A. M.

St. Patrick's Church.

Location, north side of Mission street, between Third and Fourth. Rev. Peter J. Grey, Pastor ; Rev. Thomas Larkin, and Rev. Peter Birmingham, Assist- ants. Pastoral residence, 744 Mission street.

This church, founded by the Rev. John Maginnis in 1851, was originally located on the corner of Market and Annie streets, where the congregation worship- ped, and a large and flourishing Sunday School was maintained until the early part of 1872, when the present commodious edifice was completed. The in- terior of the new church is a vast space of ninety feet in width by one hundred and sixty in length, and seventy-five feet high, to the crown of the ceiling of the nave. The nave comprises the main hall, which is forty-four feet in width, and on each side are aisles of eighteen feet in width, separated from the nave by rows of sixteen fluted columns, eight on a side, from which spring the upper walls of the main building. The ceiling is a succession of groined arches, and is beautitully frescoed in a ground of blue. The light is ample, there being thirty-six large windows in the wings and tier, and five in the chancel, all filled with stained glass. The windows of the chancel represent St. Patrick, as a center piece, with the four Evangel- ists. Rows of niches are in the walls, between the windows, twelve of the most conspicuous of which hold statues of the twelve Apostles.

A mammoth organ with fifty-two stops, twenty-four feet wide, thirty-six feet high, and eighteen feet deep, and weighing ten tons, the largest on the coast, is one of the attractions of the church. The lofty belfry, one hundred feet from the ground, contains a beautiful chime of bells, presented to the church by Peter Donahue, Esq. The total cost of this great structure is about $175,000. At this date St. Patrick's is the largest and most costly church edifice in the State, and its lofty spire, supporting a large cross richly gilded with gold, two hundred and forty feet high, is one of the most conspicuous objects in the city.

Masses : Sundays, at fifteen minutes past six, fifteen minutes past seven, eight, nine, and half-past ten o'clock A. M. ; during the week, daily, at half-past six and half-past seven o'clock A. M. ; Vespers and bene- diction of the M. H. S., at half-past seven o'clock P. M. A boys' school is held in the basement, at which there is an average attendance of nearly four hundred pupils.

St. Ignatius' Church.

Location, south side of Market street, between Fourth and Fifth. Served by the Fathers of the So- ciety of Jesus, connected with St. Ignatius' College. The old building, dedicated July 15, 1855, being found too small for the congregation, the hall of the college is at present used as a church, and accommodates about three thousand persons. The church and college have, however, outgrown the capacity of these

buildings, and, during the past year, the Fathers of the Society began the construction of the magnifi- cent church and college on the block bounded by Van Ness avenue, Grove, Franklin and Hayes streets, for a description of which see introductory portion of this publication.

Masses, Sundays, at five, forty-five minutes past five, half past six, fifteen minutes past seven, eight, forty-five minutes past eight, half past nine, and half past ten o'clock, A. M .; Vespers at half past seven o'clock P. M. Masses on week days at five, forty-five minutes past five, half past six, fifteen minutes past seven, and eight o'clock A. M.

Notre Dame des Victoires.

Location, north side of Bush street, between Dupont and Stockton. Rev. Pierre Robert, pastor ; residence 526 Bush street.

This congregation was organized May, 1856, and its edifice dedicated on the fourth of the same month. The building was constructed by a society of Baptists, and at the date above given was disposed of to the present owners. It has a ground base of fifty by one hundred feet, and, with its basement, has a capacity of comfortably seating seven hundred persons.

Masses on Sundaysat nine, and half past ten o'clock A. M. ; Mass on week days at eight o'clock A. M. Ves- pers, three o'clock P. M. Catechism, on Sundays, at two o'clock P. M., taught in the English and French languages, preparatory to communion for children from ten years and older. Baptism of infants, one o'clock P. M. The course of preparation requires one year's attendance at the Sunday School, and time fixed for confirmation and communion is the first day of May of each year.

Mission Dolores.

Location, southwest corner of Sixteenth and Dolores streets. Rev. Richard P. Brennan, Rector ; rectory, adjoining the church

The church was dedicated on the ninth of October, 1776, although projected in 1769, by Father Junipero Serra, the Father of the California Missions. The first Friar who had charge was Francisco Palou, who was assisted in his labors by Benito Cambon. At the organization of this Mission, and for its protection, there were fifteen soldiers located at the Presidio, under the command of S. Flores. A cemetery is at- tached to the church, in which the first interment was made in September, 1776. The first Indian con- vert was baptized on the twenty-seventh day of De- cember, in the same year. In the introductory por- tion of the San Francisco Directory for 1862, page 5, will be found further details connected with the his- tory of this Mission. Attached to this church is a large day school

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The San Francisco directory: embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory : also, a directory of streets, 1879 , Part 303

Author: Langely, Henry G Publication date: 1879 Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co. Number of Pages: 1196

Author: Langely, Henry G
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1196