Hi Pam------- Thomas ENGLAND seems to be the architect of the buildings you mention. The most comprehensive California architecture site I have found is the LOC site............there are some great research notes and photos of the buildings................ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhGeographics6.html Carolyn Feroben --- PJones2536@aol.com wrote: > Hi Listers , > My ggg uncle was an Architect in > California between 1852-1869 . > Among his works in SF are St Francis of Assisi on > Vallejo Street , Old St > Marys Cathedral on California Street , a Baptist > Church in 1855 , 2 Fire > Engine Houses in 1855 , St Marys College in 1863 > (demolished) , a Synagogue > in 1854 , and many other unknown buildings in SF and > other places in > California . (Stockton , Grass valley , Sacremento > etc) > If I contacted the SF public library , would they be > able to find accounts of > the opening ceremonies of these places in the old > newspapers ? > He also mentions in one of his letters dated July > 1855 that his name was in > the newspaper recently and that he was enjoying some > success at that time . > I would like to be able to locate this article . > Would the SF library assist > me ? Or is there another way of doing it ? > > Regards > Carol in Wales UK >