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1899 Map of San Francisco

Name: 1899 Topographic Map of San Francisco
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1904
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1904

About this map

The Golden Gate stands as the primary entry point to this late-19th-century landscape of rapid urbanization and maritime expansion. San Francisco is shown in high detail, from the Presidio and Golden Gate Park to the clustered development around Lone Mt. Cem. and Fort Mason. Across the water, the East Bay shoreline is a corridor of industrial and transit growth, featuring the Oakland Mole and the terminus of the California and Nevada Railroad.

Coastal geography is intricately defined, with the Tiburon Peninsula and Angel Id. framing the Raccoon Strait. Notable institutional landmarks like the University of California in Berkeley and the U.S. Marine Hospital appear alongside smaller, era-specific settlements such as Shell Mound, Stege, and Barrett. This survey captures the region just before the seismic changes of the early 1900s, documenting the dense network of wharves, ferries, and rail lines that powered the San Francisco Bay economy.