California Theatre!

California Theatre
Landmark #86 San Francisco County Visited: February 23, 2013 Plaque?  YES! 🙂
What is it? A plaque under a window well!
What makes it historical? THE GUIDE SAYS: On this site on January 18, 1869, the California Theatre, built by William C. Ralston, opened with the following stock company: John McCullough, Lawrence Barrett, Harry Edwards, Willie Edouin, E. B. Holmes, William Mastayer, John T. Raymond, W. F. Burroughs, W. H. Sadley Smith, John Wilson, Edward J. Buckley, Mrs. Judah Emelie Melville, Elizabeth Saunders, Annette Ince, Marie E. Gordon, Sophie Edwin, Minnie Walton, and Julia Buckley. Among artists who played here were Charles W. Couldock, Edwin Adams, John Broughan, Edwin Booth, Barton Hill, Walter Montgomery, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Adelaide Neilson, and Lotta Crabtree. This theater remained a brilliant center of drama until August 11, 1888.

OTHER TIDBITS: That pretty well sums it up!

How can I Help the Helpers? HERE’S HOW:

Where is this place? LISTED DIRECTIONS:
430 Bush St between Kearny and Grant
San Francisco, CA 94104

ANNOTATIONS:
Yup! That’s correct!

From Los Angeles: ~380mi (612km) — 6.4hrs
From Sacramento: ~86mi (139km) — 1.5hrs
From San Diego: ~500mi (805km) — 8.4hrs
From San Francisco: ~2mi (4km) — 0.1hrs

When should I go? Whenever the mood strikes you!

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