I am copying this from "San Francisco Almanac" by Gladys Hansen San Francisco City Archivist (copyright 1975): Old St. Patrick's 820 Eddy Street (next to Holy Cross Church) The oldest frame church building in San Francisco began as St. Patrick's Church on the site where the Palace Hotel now stands. Built in 1851, the parish limits were bounded by Pine, Ninth, Mission Creek, and the Bay. It was moved in 1873 to Eddy, between Octavia and Laguna, and called St. John the Baptist Church. In 1891 it moved again to its present location where it served as Holy Cross Church until the new church was completed in 1890. It now serves as Holy Cross Parish Hall. I hope this helps. Pat Kaye Steward <[email protected]> wrote: Please - can anyone help verify information about Holy Cross RC Church in San Francisco as it was in March 1870 and St. Patrick's Church in San Francisco as it was in August 1872? I'm trying to determine exactly in which church buildings my gr-grandparents were married and their firstborn, my grandmother, was baptized. I'm very interested to learn more about both - photos, drawings and/or descriptions of the buildings, and in the exact locations of these churches in those early years. According to newspaper reports (found thanks to a wonderful listmember), and a family Bible, I have on record: (1) Holy Cross Church - on March 26, 1871, Richard Cullen STEWARD and Alice M. (Mary?) TREAHY were married by Rev. Jas. Langon (sp? perhaps Morgan?). Witnesses: Mary F. Burns and John C. Quinn (2) Ellen (Nellie) Catherine STEWARD, daughter of couple above, was baptized in St. Patrick's Church in August 1872. I realize that many churches were damaged in the earthquake/fire, and still others have been renovated, closed, moved and/or sold to other congregations - but am trying to discover about Holy Cross and St. Patrick's has they might have been in the early 1870s - and if they still exist somewhere now? (The Noehill website seems to indicate that both of the original buildings may still exist but now serve as Buddhist temples - can anyone verify that for me?) >From info on the Noehill website at http://www.noehill.com/sf/landmarks/sf004.asp, it seems that a new St. Patrick's Church was consecrated in 1872, but no specific date within that year is mentioned, so I'm not sure if Granny was baptized in the brand new church that year - or the original St. Patrick's built in 1854 at the corner of Market and New Montgomery by The Jesuits of St. Ignatius College http://www.noehill.com/sf/landmarks/sf006.asp Any information about either church, or about these actual marriage/birth from some kind soul who happens to be researching in RC archives in San Francisco or elsewhere in California would be most appreciated. With thanks in advance, Kaye Steward Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ************************** Visit SFGenealogy.com! http://www.sfgenealogy.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Pat FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.