page_title: California Theatre (San Francisco)
hierarchical_section_title: California Theatre (San Francisco)
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: [Ruins of California Theatre. Bush St. near Kearny.] (Aftermath damage of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906). Date: 1906 Subject: Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Photographs Fires (damage)--Photographs San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Photographs A0103 Note: Shelf location: SF -- Earthquake (1906) -- General -- Small Photos No. 1 Type: Photographs Physical Description: 11 x 8 cm. Local Call Number: FN-32953 Filename: chs00000236_40a.tif Related Item: Metacollection: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection&#160;: eqf Collection: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection Contributing Institution: California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-4014
context_page_description: The California Theatre was located at 414 Bush Street, San Francisco. It was built in 1869 by William Ralston, at that time the treasurer of the Bank of California. S. C. Bugbee & Son were the architects and the theatre cost $250, 000 to build. The original theatre was demolished and rebuilt in 1889. It was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The former site is now a California Historical Landmark, with a historical marker commemorating the theatre and its artists. The original theater encompassed 165 feet of frontage, 117 feet in depth, resting on 4 1/2 foot foundation walls; a handsome building with a dress circle, gallery and 51 foot ceiling space in the interior auditorium.
context_section_description: The California Theatre was located at 414 (now 440) Bush Street, San Francisco. It was built in 1869 by William Ralston, at that time the treasurer of the Bank of California. S. C. Bugbee & Son were the architects and the theatre cost $250, 000 to build. The original theatre was demolished and rebuilt in 1889. It was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The former site (north side of Bush Street, between Kearny and Grant) is now a California Historical Landmark, with a historical marker commemorating the theatre and its artists. The original theater encompassed 165 feet of frontage, 117 feet in depth, resting on 4 1/2 foot foundation walls; a handsome building with a dress circle, gallery and 51 foot ceiling space in the interior auditorium.
caption: California Theatre ruins 1906
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