5/2/2024
5/2/2024
Landmark information
- Location:
SW corner of Sacramento and Leidesdorff Sts, San Francisco - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/22/2022 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/2/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 47.635, W 122 24.137
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Site of What Cheer House
This is the site of the famous What Cheer House, a unique hotel opened in 1852 by R.B. Woodward and destroyed by the fire of 1906. The What Cheer House catered to men only, permitted no liquor on the premises, and housed San Francisco's first free library and first museum.