Pioneer Park, San Francisco
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Pioneer Park is a 4.89 acres (19,789.1 m²) park crowning the top of Telegraph Hill
in San Francisco. It was established in 1876 in celebration of the United States Centennial. Prior to establishment of the park, it was the site of the Marine Telegraph Station, The main feature of the park, Coit Tower
, was completed in 1933 using a $100,000 bequest left to the city by Lillie Hitchcock Coit
in 1924. A bronze statue of Christopher Columbus
was placed in the park in 1957, donated by the city's Italian-American community.
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
Telegraph Hill refers to a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills."-Location:...
in San Francisco. It was established in 1876 in celebration of the United States Centennial. Prior to establishment of the park, it was the site of the Marine Telegraph Station, The main feature of the park, Coit Tower
Coit Tower
Coit Tower is a tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built in 1933 at the request of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the city of San Francisco; Coit bequeathed one-third of her estate to the city "to be expended in an...
, was completed in 1933 using a $100,000 bequest left to the city by Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a well-known volunteer firefighter and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco....
in 1924. A bronze statue of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
was placed in the park in 1957, donated by the city's Italian-American community.