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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
  • Bronze
  • marble
  • granite
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.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference SFC-970906 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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