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May 7, 2020

Just Before It Was Destroyed by Fire, 50 Amazing Photos Captured the Cliff House in the Early 1900s

The famous Cliff House of San Francisco was built in 1863 by Senator John Buckley and C. C. Butler. Later it was turned into a restaurant with a breathtaking view.

The Cliff House had survived the 1906 earthquake with little damage but burned to the ground on the evening of September 7, 1907.

Just before it was destroyed by fire in 1907, these amazing photos captured the Cliff House in the early 1900s.

"Cliff House from Ocean Beach, circa 1900

7877 Golden Gate from Sutro Heights, San Francisco, circa 1900

A family at beach with the Cliff House in the background, San Francisco, circa 1900

Beach, Seal Rocks, and Cliff House, San Francisco, circa 1900

Beach, Seal Rocks, and Cliff House, San Francisco, circa 1900

By the Pacific, San Francisco, circa 1900

Choir near Cliff House, San Francisco, 1900

Cliff House and Seal Rocks from Parapet, Sultro Heights, San Francisco, circa 1900

Cliff House and Sutro Heights from Ocean Beach, circa 1900

Cliff House, San Francisco, circa 1900

Ocean Beach, Seal Rocks and the Cliff House, San Francisco, 1900

Ocean Beach, Seal Rocks and the Cliff House, San Francisco, circa 1900

Pastor Wooten, Miss Priest, Cliff House, San Francisco, circa 1900

People at the beach, San Francisco, circa 1900

People at the beach, San Francisco, circa 1900

The beach and Cliff House in San Francisco, California, circa 1900

The beach and Cliff House in San Francisco, California, circa 1900

The Cliff House and Seal Rocks from Ocean Beach. Woman with children playing on Ocean Beach with driftwood spar, circa 1900

The Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, 1900

The Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, 1900

The Cliff House of San Francisco around 1900

The Cliff House, San Francisco, circa 1900

The Old Cliff House, San Francisco, California, circa 1900

Three men at beach, San Francisco, circa 1900

Two women at beach, San Francisco, circa 1900

Wandering the coast line near the Cliff House, San Francisco, California, circa 1900

Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, 1901

Cliff House, April 14, 1901

Cliff House, San Francisco, 1901

People at beach, San Francisco, Aug 30, 1901

The Cliff House at night, San Francisco, 1901

An outing at the beach below the Cliff House, San Francisco, 1902

Boy at beach and the Cliff House in the background, San Francisco, circa 1902

Cliff House, 1902

The beach and Cliff House in San Francisco, California, 1902

Cliff House, 1903

Cliff House, San Francisco, Sept 1, 1903

Three men sitting on a log bench, San Francisco, August 20, 1903

On the back read: “Taken on rocks at beach of Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, California,  Sunday Oct. 9 '04”

San Francisco, June 29, 1905

Santa Monica, March 3, 1905

The Cliff House in its third and most ornate reincarnation, from Ocean Beach with a steam schooner entering the Golden Gate past Seal Rock, 1905

Wilson Mew, 05 white steamer, Cliff House, San Francisco, circa 1905

People at the beach, San Francisco, 1906

The Cliff House after the 1906 quake, San Francisco, California, 1906

Three young women at the beach, San Francisco, Nov. 13, 1906

“The cliff house is burn this is a picture of it”, circa early 1907

Cliff House at the seaside, San Francisco, July 15, 1907

The Cliff House on fire, September 7, 1907

A large crowd gathered as Cliff House burns to the ground. Seal Rocks is also visible in the background, September 7, 1907

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