NoeHill in San Francisco
San Francisco Points of Interest
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17 May 2012
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Site of First American Flag Raising in San Francisco
Portsmouth Plaza
1846
Portsmouth Plaza
1846
The Plaque Reads
On this spot the American flag was first raised in San Francisco by Commander John B. Montgomery of the U. S. S. Portsmouth
July 9 1846
Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution
San Francisco Chapters
1924
When the USS Portsmouth dropped anchor in Yerba Buena Cove, the shoreline of San Francisco Bay was one block east of this spot where Montgomery Street is today.
A plaque on A. P. Gianinni's Bank of Italy building at the intersection of Montgomery and Clay marks the spot where Commander Montgomery came ashore.
Points of historical interest associated with Portsmouth Plaza and Gold Rush San Francisco:
- California Star Newspaper Site
- Clay Street Hill Railroad Site
- First American Flag Raised in San Francisco
- First Public School in California
- First United States Branch Mint
- Jackson Square Historic District
- Jenny Lind Theatre and San Francisco City Hall Site
- Montgomery Block Site
- Pony Express Site
- Portsmouth Plaza
- Robert Louis Stevenson Remembrance