Pioneer Monument
The Pioneer Monument is a granite monument supporting bronze figures and reliefs created by Frank Happersberger and financed by the estate of James Lick.Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Asian Art Museum of San Fransisco and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco.
Asian Art Museum of San Fransisco
Museum
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture is a museum in San Francisco, California that specializes in Asian art. The museum building and its permanent collection are owned by the City of San Francisco.
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
University
Photo: TheTokl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco is a public law school in San Francisco. Formerly known as the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, the school was founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of California. University of California College of the Law, San Francisco is situated 540 feet north of Pioneer Monument.
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Theater building
Photo: J. Ash Bowie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is a multi-purpose arena in San Francisco, California, named after promoter Bill Graham. The arena holds 8,500 people. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is situated 720 feet southwest of Pioneer Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Civic Center and Civic Center-Tenderloin.
Civic Center
Quarter
Photo: J. Ash Bowie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Civic Center in San Francisco, California, United States is an area located a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the city's largest government and cultural institutions.
Civic Center-Tenderloin
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
As the name implies, the Civic Center is the primary center of government within San Francisco, housing many important civic institutions. Aside from its official duties, it also moonlights as a cultural center with many fine museums, theaters, opera houses, and symphony halls located here.
Tenderloin
Quarter
The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest.
Pioneer Monument
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in San Francisco, dedicated in 1894
- Categories: sculpture, park, and historic site
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.7797° or 37° 46′ 47″ northLongitude
-122.41595° or 122° 24′ 57″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Inception
1894Open location code
849VQHHM+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 550601226OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q14683658
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Pioneer Monument” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պիոներների հուշարձան”
- Cebuano: “Pioneer Monument (parke sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Pioneer Monument”
- Dutch: “Pioneer Monument”
- Russian: “Памятник пионерам”
- Swedish: “Pioneer Monument”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник піонерам”
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