The San Francisco directory for the year 1869, Part 210

Author: Langley, Henry G
Publication date: 1858
Publisher: San Francisco : Commercial Steam Presses, S.D. Valentine & Sons
Number of Pages: 1076

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This institution is for the benefit of ladies, who by reverse of fortune are unexpectedly obliged to rely on the work of their own hands for their sup- port, and whose delicacy would deter them from seeking assistance in any more public way.

Officers .- Mrs J. P. Whitney, President ; Mrs. E. V. Hathaway, Vice-President ; Miss Amanda Dows, Secretary ; Mrs. Emma L. Durbrow, Treas- urer.

LADIES' FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCI- ETY (Société de Bienfaisance des Dames Fran- cnisese) .- Incorporated June 5th, 1867. Meetings held first Monday in each month at 422 Commercial Street. Objects of the society : The relief of French families who may be in want and distress.

Oficers .- Mrs. J. Emeric, President ; Mrs. V. Bazin, Vice-President ; Miss E. Martin, Secretary ; Mrs. T. B. Lefevre, Treasurer.

LADIES' PACIFIC ACCUMULATING AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. (Colored) .-

EDWARD BOSQUI & CO., Printers, Leidesdorff st., from Commercial to Clay.

PACIFIC COAST BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1,000 pages, Price Five Dollars, will be published July, 1870.

C. P. VAN SCHAACK & CO., Nos. 712, 714 and 716, Kearny Street.

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Organized August 13th, 1863. Objects of the soci- | ety : To care for the sick and bury the dead. Meets at the residence of members second Thursday in each month.

Officers .- Mrs. Eliza A. Phillips, President ; Mrs. Elizabeth A. Scott, Vice-President ; Edward Hall, Secretary ; Mrs. C. A. Burris, Assistant Secretary ; Mrs. Martha L. Fitzgerald, Treasurer ; Mrs. Har- riet A. Miles, Chaplain.

LADIES' PROTECTION AND RELIEF SO- CIETY .- Established August 4th, 1853. Incorpo- rated August 9th, 1854. The society has under its supervision a Home where friendless or destitute girls under the age of fourteen and over three years, and boys under ten and over three years old, may be received and provided for until permanent homes in Christian families can be secured. The adults in the Home are embraced in two classes : first, those who are able to labor, who are received temporarily until employment can be obtained; second, those who by reason of age or infirmity are incapacitated for labor, without means, or friends to care for them.

The building is situated on Franklin Street be- tween Post and Geary, and is an ornament to the city. It consists of a main building and north wing two stories high, with full basement and French roof (equal to fonr stories). The wing was com- menced October Ist, 1863, and completed April 20th, 1864, and the main building was finished in the be- ginning of 1869. The cost of the edifice, including grading, fencing, etc., was $14,000.

The number of inmates has been constantly in- creasing, and now (October, 1869) numbers one hundred and eighty children and four adults.

Application for admission should be made to the President, Mrs. N. Gray, southeast corner of Pow- ell and Sacramento streets. Letters and communi- cations should be addressed to the Secretary, Mrs. George Barstow, 927 Pine Street. Donations of money, etc., should be sent to the Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Flint, 1312 Powell Street.

Officers .- Mrs. Nathaniel Gray, President ; Mrs. A. G. Stiles, Vice-President; Mrs. George Barstow, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. S. C. Bugbee, Corres- ponding Secretary ; Mrs. J. H. Flint, Treasurer ; J. W. Stow, President; R. B. Swain, Secretary ; J. B. Roberts, Treasurer ; S. C. Bugbee, G. W. Dam, Nathaniel Gray, and John Archbald, Trustees ; Mrs. Annable, Matron.

LADIES' SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY .- Organized March 26th, 1866. This society is the offspring of the great philanthropic movement on behalf of seamen which has peculiarly distinguished the last half century. The "men of the sea," an invaluable class to all mercantile countries, are sub- jected, by the nature of their avocations, to hard- ship and deprivation, moral, social, and intellectual. To ameliorate their condition by supplying them with a Home, when on shore, surrounded by reme- dial influences, and affording them protection from imposition, is the object of the society.

Their present " Sailors' Home" is situated at the corner of Vallejo and Battery streets. Capt. James F. Stewart, Superintendent ; Mrs. E. Stew- art, Matron ; Rev. Joseph Rowell, Chaplain.

Officers .- Mrs. P. S. Williamson, First Direc- trees ; Mrs A. E. Baker, Second Directress ; R. H. Lambert, Corresponding Secretary ; Miss M. C. Clark, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. L. A. Smith, Treasurer.

LADIES' SOCIETY OF ISRAELITES (Der Israelitishe Franen Verein) .- For the purpose of assisting Hebrew women under all circumstances of want. Established August 12th, 1855.

Mrs. Caroline Wolf, Treasurer ; Dr. J. Regens- burger and August Helbing, Counselors.

LADIES' UNION BENEFICIAL SOCIETY (Colored) .- Incorporated April 8th, 1861. Meets in the Vestry A. M. E. Church, Powell Street, second Monday evening in each month. The objects of the society are to aid its members when sick, and to bury them when dead.

Officers .- Mrs. Mary Mason, President ; Mrs. S. H. Dyer. Vice-President ; Barney Fletcher, Secre- tary ; Mrs. Martha L. Fitzgerald, Treasurer ; Mrs. H. Harran, Chaplain.

LADIES' UNITED HEBREW BENEVO- LENT SOCIETY .- Established 1855. Meets first Wednesday of every month, at three o'clock P.M., at the residence of the President, The objects of the society are to support the afflicted, to relieve the distressed, to attend the dying, and to bury the dead females of the Israelitish faith. The affairs of the society are managed by a Board of officers and an adjuncta of three councilmen.

Officers .- Mrs. M. Greenberg, President ; Mrs. L. Miller, Vice-President ; Mrs. Hannah Seligshon, Treasurer ; Mrs. B. Morris, Secretary ; C. Meyer, M. Morgenstern, and J. Prescott, Councilmen; L. J. Livingston, Collector.

MAGDALEN ASYLUM .- Under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy. Location, San Bruno Road.

A large and commodious building, three stories in hight, has been erected for the accommodation of the inmates of the asylum. Since the foundation of this institution, over six hundred females have been received, most of whom have been reformed by the influence and attention of those in charge. Only about six per cent have proved refractory. At the present time there are over eighty-five peni- tents, attended by seven Sisters of Mercy ; some eight or ten patients have been sent thither from the In- dustrial School. Officiating clergyman, Rev. Joseph A. Gallagher, assisted by Rev. Thomas Fagan. A society called the Magdalen Society of San Fran- cisco, has lately been organized, with a view to provide funds for the better support of this institu- tion.

MASTER MARINERS' BENEVOLENT ASSO- CIATION .- Organized April, 1867. Incorporated April 28th, 1869. Meets every Saturday evening at Mozart Hall, Post Street. Number of members one hundred and forty.

Officers .- B. H. Madeson, President; H. A. Thompson, Vice-President ; L. Tranng, Recording and Financial Secretary ; J. N. McCone, Treasu- rer ; G. W. Sanford, S. B. Petersen, J. L. Schroder, F. A. Thompson, and N. P. Petersen, Trustees.

MEXICAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Or- ganized February, 1868. The objects of the society are to assist sick and indigent Mexicans, and to give free passage to the poor and worthy, who wish to return to their native country.

Officers .- G. Andrade, President ; Dr. Isaac Rivas, Vice-President ; M. G. Pritchard, Secretary; Carlos E. Gaxiola, Treasurer. Secretary's office, room 43, Merchants' Exchange.

ODD FELLOWS' MUTUAL AID ASSOCI- ATION .- Incorporated February 3d, 1868. Office room 6, 323 Montgomery Street.

The object of this association is to secure to the families of its deceased members pecuniary aid.

Officers .- J. A. McClelland, President ; Frederick P. Dann, Vice-President ; Franklin Williams, Sec- retary ; Henry B. Brooks, Treasurer; G. T. Bohen, Peter Sander, Andrew Babrs, C. P. Wolcott, Jo-

Officers .- Mrs. Mayblum, President ; Mrs. New- burger, Vice-President ; Leo Eloesser, Secretary ; | seph Winterburn, G. Meyer, C. Moneypenny, Wil-

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REDINGTON, HOSTETTER & CO., Importers of Spices of all kinds.

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liam Friel, Joseph Bowden, Charles W. Taber, C. M. Boyd, J. W. Winter, and T. B. Robinson, Directors.

ORPHAN ASYLUM (ROMAN CATHOLIC). -Location Market Street near Third. Organized March 23d, 1851, and placed under the care of the Sisters of Charity. A frame building for this pur- pose was commenced in July, and completed in Sep- tember, 1851. It was occupied in part for a school, and a portion was temporarily used as a church, under the pastoral charge of Rev. John Maginnis. The present capacious brick building was completed in November, 1854, at a cost of $15,000. It is a source of gratification to behold the consoling ap- pearance presented by the three hundred and twenty little ones now provided for in the institution, which speaks audibly of the benign influence of the guardian sisters, and of the true liberality of our community in their noble efforts to lend a helping hand to the fatherless. Another spacious brick building, of the same dimensions as that erected in 1854, was completed in January, 1859, for a school, in which five hundred and fifty children, day scholars, receive a useful education. The asylum is conducted under the sole management of Archbishop Alemany, and the Sisters of Charity.

A farm of fifty-three acres has been purchased at Hunter's Point, where a branch Orphan Asylum has been established for very young children. A large and commodious brick edifice has been erected thereon.

ORPIIAN ASYLUM SOCIETY (PROTEST- ANT) .- Organized January 3Ist, 1851, and incor- porated February 10th, 1851.

Original Officers .- Mrs. Albert Williams. Pres- ident ; Mrs. S. H. Willey, Vice-President ; Mrs. E. A. Warren, Secretary ; Mrs. Boring, Treasurer ; Mrs. R. H Waller, Mrs. C. V. Gillespie, Mrs. Tay. lor, Mrs. Joive, Mrs. A. Tubbs, and Mrs. O. C. Wheeler, Managers ; Charles Gilmore, D. L. Ross, and S. Franklin, Trustees.

It originally occupied the building on the corner of Second and Folsom streets, owned by Gen. H. W. Halleck, whence they removed the children in March, 1854, to the present building, just then com- pleted at a cost of $30,000. This house, built of stone and brick expressly for the purpose, is highly creditable to the institution, as one of the noblest monuments of San Francisco benevolence. During the years 1862-3, a large and convenient addition was made to the present building, at an expense of $30,000, which, together with the main building, will accommodate two hundred and fifty children. As a compliment to the Sansom Hook and Ladder Co., who, npon disbanding, donated to the asylum the building and lot owned by them, the new ad- dition is called the " Sansom Wing." The number of children under the care of the asylum is two hundred and twenty-five-one hundred and forty boys and eighty-five girls.

Officers .- Mrs. Ira P. Rankin, President ; Mrs. R. J. Vandewater, Vice-President ; Mrs. S. R. Throckmorton, Treasurer ; Mrs. F. MacCrellish, Secretary ; S. R. Throckmorton, Henry H. Haight, James Otis, William Alvord, and R. E. Raimond, Trustees; Mrs. H. B. Willard, Matron; Miss R. Adams and Miss Purden, Assistant Matrons ; Miss E. Adams and Miss A. Kimball, Teachers ; John Vansant, M. D., Physician.

PORTUGUESE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Organized Angust 2d, 1868. Meetings held every Thursday at southwest corner Drumm and Oregon streets. Number of members fifty.

The objects of this society ure to aid its members in sickness and distress, and to erect a Portuguese Hospital in this city.

Officers .- A. C. Cordan, President ; Lucio J. Martino, Vice-President ; Affonso J. Tosa, Record- ing Secretary; José G. Soito, Permanent Secretary; José Maciel, Treasurer ; Manoel Caetano, José Fisher, Manoel Garcia, Antonio Iguacio, and Ma- noel Teixeira, Trustees.

PORTUGUESE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA- TION .- Incorporated August 6th, 1868. Meetings held every Thursday at 610 Front Street. Objects : Togive aid and assistance to its members who are sick or in need of sympathy or advice.

Officers. - HI. R. Morton, President ; J. F. Aleicho, Vice-President; J. A. Venancio, Record- ing Secretary ; J. P. Barao, Financial Secretary ; Charles Fisher, Treasurer.

RUSSIAN AND PAN-SLAVONIC BENEVO- LENT SOCIETY .- Incorporated December 27th, 1867 .- Meetings held on the first Thursday of each month, at room 3, southwest coruer of Montgomery and Jackson streets.

The object of this society is to aid and assist its members, and such other persons as by its By- Laws may be declared objects of its charities and benevo- lence.

Officers .- George Fisher, President ; F. Rodolsky, Vice-President ; N. Gregovich, Treasurer and Act- ing Secretary ; P. Schuh, M.D., J. Bobus, and P. Quinn, Trustees.

SAN FRANCISCO BENEVOLENT ASSOCI- ATION .- Organized 1865. Office of the associa- tion, northeast corner California and Webb streets. The design of the association is to improve the con- dition of the indigent, and so far as is compatible, to relieve their necessities. [For a statement of the operations of this benevolent and praiseworthy organization, see Historical Review at the com- mencement of this work. ]

Officers .- Robert B. Swain, President; J. W. Stow, Treasurer ; I. S. Allen, General Agent and Secretary ; R. G. Sneath, J. W. Stow, R. B. Swain, and L. Sachs, Advisory Committee ; R. B. Swain, R. G. Sneath, Louis Sachs, Capt. Levi Stevens, W. H. L. Barnes, Albert Dibblee, W. C. Ralston, J. W. Stow, D. W. C. Rice, M.D., Charles Mayne, and T. P. Bevans, Trustees.

SAN FRANCISCO FEMALE HOSPITAL .- This hospital was opened for the reception of pa- tients on the first day of April, 1868. The objects of the institution are the care of poor sick women. There is no rule as to nativity, religion, or social condition. It is a charity in the broadest sense of the term. Any woman who is poor and sick is en- titled to share its benefits. It is a general hospital for all diseases, and for lying-in. During the first year of its existence there were eighty-seven pa- tients admitted, with but six deaths; there were thirty-five births without a single death in the lying- in department ; and two hundred and twenty seven out-door patients treated. It is supported entirely by voluntary contributions from the charitable, and is managed by twelve ladies, wives of some of our most prominent citizens. The medical and surgical department is under the care of Dr. C. T. Deane. The hospital is located on the corner of Clay Street and Prospect Place.

Officers. - Mrs. Frank M. Pixley, President ; Mrs. R. HI. Elam, Vice-President ; Mrs. C. T. Deane, Secretary; Mrs. David Conkling, Treasurer.

SAN FRANCISCO LYING- IN HOSPITAL AND FOUNDLING ASYLUM. - Incorporated April, 1868, for the care and protection of respecta- ble married or unprotected single women and their offspring, together with ull foundlings that may be brought to it in infancy.

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The Trustees design to make this institution in the highest degree respectable, and to so arrange and conduct it that any one, either in affluence or poverty, can receive skillful treatment, with every care and attention their condition may require. In the de. partment for unprotected single women, they will admit only those who have hitherto kept themselves respectable, but who were the victims of misplaced affections or of designing men, and who desire to lead lives of respectability and usefulness.

The Committee of the Board of Supervisors on Outside Lands, have recently donated a tract of land on the Cliff House Road, about four miles from the City Hall, on which will be erected, as soon as suf- ficient funds can be obtained, an institution that will become not only a blessing to the classes for whom it is intended, but an ornament and credit to our city and State.

All inquiries must be addressed to the Secretary, Dr. B. F Hardy, 269 Jessie Street. Personal inter- views may be had from nine to ten o'clock A.M., and from seven to ten o'clock P.M. .

Officers .- Hon. Samuel Cowles. President ; R. B. Swain, Treasurer ; Dr. Benjamin F. Hardy, Sec- retary and Attending Physician.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSICAL FUND SOCI- ETY .- Organized November Ist, 1863. Incorpo- rated January 20th, 1864. Meets at Mozart Hall, 108 Post Street. Number of members, ninety. The object of this society is to assist sick and disabled members and their families.

Officers .- Alexander Heumann, President ; Au- gust Wettermann and J. Bauman, Vice-Presidents ; George Woodhead, Secretary; John Mundwyler, Treasurer ; A. A. Muller, Registrar ; R. A. Junker, George Seecamp, and Henry Kaufman, Trustees.

SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. -Incorporated April, 1868. Office rooms 9 and 10, 625 Merchant Strect. The objects of this society are to provide ways and means to secure the enforce- ment of "An Act for the more effectnal Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," approved March 30th, 1868, and to labor in the education of a public sentiment of humanity and gentleness toward domestic and other animals.

Officers .- Dr. Heury Gibbons, President ; Robert B. Swain, Vice-President ; J. A. Woodson, Corre- sponding Secretary; William P. Scott, Recording Secretary; James S. Hutchinson, Treasurer.

SCANDINAVIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. -Organized February 28th, 1859. Hall 320 San- som Street, open every day and evening. The ob- ject of this society is to aid their sick and bury their dead, also to assist their countrymen and others who may be deemed by the society worthy objects of its charities, also to have a hall for monthly meetings and a library.

Officers .- Louis Eklof, President ; Thomas Thom- sen, Vice-President ; Alfred Wilson and S. Osen- brock, Secretaries; H. L. Liedstrom, Treasurer ; Christian Mahl, S. M. Schroeder, and C. F. John- son, Relief Committee; O. W. Kling, Peter Mag- uus, and H. C. Anderson, Burial Committee ; Chris- tian Christiansen, and C. J. E. Fallsten, Finance Committee ; N. L. Sykes, Librarian.

SLAVONIC ILLYRIC MUTUAL BENEVO- LENT ASSOCIATION. - Organized November 17th, 1857. Number of members, two hundred and twenty. Meet first Tuesday of every month corner of Front and Jackson streets.

Officers .- M. Matich, President ; G. Ursicich, Vice-President ; S. Divisich, Secretary ; N. Matti- cevich, Collector ; J. Suich. Treasurer ; F. Autuno- vich, S. Marion, and John Uzovich, Trustees.

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL .- The object of this society is to relieve distress where- ever found. Though a legitimate offspring of the Catholic Church and principally supported by mem- bers of the same, yet its charities will be extended to all worthy persons who are in distress.

ST. MARY'S CONFERENCE .- Organized October, 1862. Meets every Wednesday evening in the base- ment of St. Mary's Cathedral.

Officers .- F. S. Wensinger, President ; John Kelly, Jr., Vice-President ; Francis Cassin, Treas- urer; Michael Flood, Secretary.

ST. PATRICK'S CONFERENCE .- Organized 1868. Meets every Wednesday evening in the School-room of St. Patrick's Church.

Officers .- James Daly, President ; R. J. Stenson, Vice-President ; Stephen McGillan, Treasurer ; David Landers, Secretary.

SONS OF THE EMERALD ISLE .- Organized March 17th, 1852; reorganized April 6th, 1856. Meetings held first and third Wednesday in each month, at Irish-American Hall, Howard Street near Fourth.

Officers .- Daniel Sheehan, President ; David Buckley, Vice-President ; P. S. Deasey, Corres- ponding Secretary ; P. S. Guerin, Recording Secre- tary ; James O'Connell, Treasurer ; Dennis Whalen, Dennis O'Day, Daniel Desmond, Edward Kelly, Edmund Foley, and Michael McLaughlin, Trustees.

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY (Scotch Benevolent Society) .- Organized September 21st, 1863, for the purpose of granting temporary relief to destitute Scotchmen and their families. The society at pres- ent consists of four hundred and fifty members, and meets every Monday evening at 8 o'clock, at its rooms, No. 751 Market Street, opposite Dupont.

Officers .- David Porter, President; Joseph Austin and Thomas Ross, Vice-Presidents ; Peter W. An- derson, Treasurer ; Charles G. Roberts, Recording Secretary ; F. Mckinlay, Financial Secretary ; Wm. G. Hobson, Assistant Secretary ; John Cran, Librarian; W. F. MeNutt, M.D., Physician ; Rev. M. McM. Gibson, Chaplain ; George Davidson, George Ellis, and Thomas Anderson, Trustees ; J. F. Stewart, James Pollock, and John Daniel, Board of Relief.

ST. JEAN BAPTISTE MUTUAL BENEVO- LENT SOCIETY .- Organized July 4th, 1865. Place of meeting, Armory Hall Building, corner Sacramento and Montgomery streets. Open every evening. The object of this society is to assist poor and needy Canadians and members of the society, and to obtain for them employment. Connected with the hall is an institute where papers from all parts of Canada can be seen.

Officers .- Dr. J. Perrault, President ; J. Goulet, Vice-President ; F. Cypiot, Recording Secretary ; J. Conture, Corresponding Secretary ; N. Remillard, Treasurer ; F. A. Gravel, Commissary ; J. B. Le- Blanc, S. Godouas, F. Plouf, Ed. Parheron, and J. Prould, Directors.

ST. JOSEPH'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (R. C.)-Established 1860. The objects of this society are to extend assistance to each other in the time of siekness, by corporeal aid and spiritual consolation ; for providing their deceased brethren with a decent and Christian interment in accordance with their Holy Faith ; for the relief of the families they may leave after them ; as also for stimulating each other to a more constant observance of the duties of reli- gion and the general promotion of moral and intel- lectual improvement. Meetings held third Sunday in each month, in the basement of St. Mary's Cathe- dral. Number of members, two hundred.

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Officers .- James R. Kelly, President ; James | of whom thirty are blind, the remainder being deaf Rowland, Vice President ; P. J. Casey, Secretary ; Michael Gueriu, Treasurer.

ST. MARY'S LADIES' SOCIETY .- Meets ad- joining St. Mary's Hospital in St. Mary's Hall, a wooden building, sixty by thirty feet, erected by the St. Mary's Ladies' Society for their meetings. St. Mary's Society, which was founded by the Sisters of Mercy, 1859, for the purpose of promoting piety among the Catholic females, has recently been con- verted into a Mutual Benevolent Society. It nnm- bers between ten and eleven hundred members. The officers of the society are selected from the Sis- ters of Mercy. Rev. J. Croke, Chaplain.

ST. MARY'S TEMPERANCE, BENEVO- LENT, AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION .- Or- ganized 1867. Regular meetings first Thursday in each month. Library open every evening from seven till ten o'clock P.M .. and on Sunday from nine A.M. till ten o'clock P.M. This association has been organized for the purpose of protecting the Catholic working man against the moral and social evils usually attendant npon a life of arduous and preca- rious labor. A large reading room has been fitted up for the accommodation of the society, in the base- ment of St. Mary's Cathedral. It has a carefully selected library, numbering at present over two thousand five hundred volumes, consisting of all the Catholic works published in America, to which will soon be added those of Irish and English publishers. There is also a good collection of other useful and in- structive works.

Officers .- Hugh Duffy, President ; Joseph J. Phelan, Vice-President ; Thomas Finn, Secretary and Librarian; M. F. McKenna, Treasurer ; Rev. John J. Prendergast, Chaplain.

ST. PETER'S GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Organized March, 1865. Incorporated January 7th, 1867. Meetings first Monday in each month, in the basement of St. Mary's Cathedral. The objeets of this society are mutual benefits to its members. Number of mem- bers one hundred and three.

Officers .- Peter Kerner, President; A. A. Thiese, Vice-President ; John Lehritter, Recording Secre- tary: August Brenkamp, Financial Secretary ; Adam Bootz, Treasurer.

STATE DEAF AND DUMB AND BLIND IN- STITUTE .- The California Institution for the eda- cation of the deaf and dumb, and the blind, one of the most interesting and deserving of our State charities, was originally located on the corner of Fifteenth and Mission streets, in this city. It was established in May, 1860, under the auspices of an association of benevolent ladies, and for a time was supported by charitable contributions. State aid, however, was soon obtained, and two buildings, de. signed as the wings to a main edifice, were erected at a cost of $20,000. In 1863 the management was intrusted to a Board of Directors, five in number, and an appropriation, for the center building, of $75,000 was made, which was subsequently with- held, the Legislature foreseeing the necessity of re- moving the institution at no distant day, to more extensive grounds. During the legislative session of 1865-6, an Act, reorganizing the institution, was passed, and a Board of Commissioners was appointed to select a site und erect suitable buildings thereon. The Commissioners, under this authority, purchased a traet, consisting of one hundred and thirty aeres, adjoining the grounds of the College of California, about four miles from Oakland, and have erected thereon a stone edifice, admirable in design und ex- ecution, which was ready for occupation in October,

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The San Francisco directory for the year 1869, Part 210

Author: Langley, Henry G Publication date: 1858 Publisher: San Francisco : Commercial Steam Presses, S.D. Valentine & Sons Number of Pages: 1076

Author: Langley, Henry G
Publication date: 1858
Publisher: San Francisco : Commercial Steam Presses, S.D. Valentine & Sons
Number of Pages: 1076