San Francisco Point of Historic Interest: Spreckels Temple of Music
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Spreckels Temple of Music
1 February 2012
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Spreckels Temple of Music
1 February 2012
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2 November 2012
The plane trees were planted as an element of the original 1895 design for the Music Concourse.
The words, Lift Every Voice, were installed in 2012 as a rebuke to Francis Scott Key. The song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is associated with the Civil Rights Movement and is often called the Black National Anthem.
Music Concourse
Golden Gate Park
Built 1899
The Spreckels Temple of Music is the most important element of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park. It was commissioned by sugar magnate Claus Spreckels and designed by his architects, the Reid Brothers. Built of Colusa sandstone in the classical style and monumental in scale, it was embellished with sculptural carvings by Robert I. Aitken.
Excerpted from San Francisco Planning Commission Resolution 16671 adopted 2 October 2003.
