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Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco

Mechanics' Institute is a historic membership library, cultural event center, and chess club housed at 57 Post Street, , California. It was founded in 1854 as a mechanics' institute, an educational and cultural institution to serve the vocational needs of out-of-work gold miners.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Tuesday and Thursday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: historic membership library, cultural event center, and chess club in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “Mechanics Institute”, “Mechanics‘ Institute Library and Chess Room”, and “San Francisco Mechanics‘ Institute”
  • Address: 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Lotta’s Fountain.

Museum
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a modern and contemporary art and nonprofit organization located in , . SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco.

Fountain
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lotta's fountain is a fountain at the intersection of Market Street, where Geary and Kearny Streets connect in downtown San Francisco, California. It was commissioned by actress Lotta Crabtree in 1875 as a gift to the city of San Francisco, and would serve as a significant meeting point in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. is situated 2,300 feet north of Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Union Square-Financial District and San Francisco Transbay development.

Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of Downtown , made up of two neighborhoods: the bustling shopping and theater district surrounding Union Square, and the central business district where Market Street meets the bay.

Neighborhood
The is a completed redevelopment plan for the neighborhood surrounding the site, South of Market near the Financial District in , .

Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco

Latitude
37.78885° or 37° 47′ 20″ north
Longitude
-122.40304° or 122° 24′ 11″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Operator
San Francisco Mechanics‘ Institute
Open location code
849VQHQW+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 392199341
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Geo­Names ID
5371972
Wiki­data ID
Q7414066
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco” goes by many names.

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