Vintage Postcard Cliff House San Francisco, California - Burned
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:3460379 |
This vintage unused postcard depicts the former Cliff House in San Francisco, California. The card is in great condition.In 1896, Adolph Sutro built a new Cliff House, a seven-story Victorian Chateau, called by some "the Gingerbread Palace", below his estate on the bluffs of Sutro Heights. This was the same year work began on the famous Sutro Baths in a small cove immediately north of the Restaurant. The baths included six of the largest indoor swimming pools, a museum, a skating... rink, and other pleasure grounds. Great throngs of San Franciscans arrived on steam trains, bicycles, carts, and horse wagons on Sunday excursions. Sutro purchased some of the collection of stuffed animals, artwork, and historic items from Woodward's Gardens to display at both the Cliff House and Sutro Baths. The 1896 Cliff House survived the 1906 earthquake with little damage, but burned to the ground on the evening of September 7, 1907, after existing for only 11 years.
