Admission Day Monument

Admission Day Monument
The Admission Day Monument in 2013
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37°47′21″N 122°24′07″W / 37.78909°N 122.40184°W / 37.78909; -122.40184
LocationMarket Street and Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States
DesignerDouglas Tilden
Typesculpture
Material
Completion date1897

The Admission Day Monument is an 1897 sculpture by Douglas Tilden, located at the intersection of Market Street and Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States.[1] It commemorates California Admission Day (September 9, 1850), the date on which the state became part of the Union, following the Mexican–American War of 1848.[1]

Other names for the sculpture include Admission Day,[2] the Admission Day Fountain,[1] the California Admissions Day Monument,[3] Native Son Monument,[1] Native Sons' Monument,[4] Native Sons Monument, and Phelan Fountain.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Kaprielian, Ulla. "Douglas Tilden". Guidelines. San Francisco City Guides. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Jones, Noa. "Douglas Tilden: Monument Sculptor". FoundSF. Shaping San Francisco. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  3. ^ Zamora, Jim Herron (September 6, 2007). "Results: Day 126: S.F. homecoming for bronze octopus". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
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  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference SFC-970906 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).