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California Hall, originally named Das Deutsche Haus [3] (English: The German House, sometimes also referred to in incorrect German as Das Deutsches Haus), is a historic commercial building and event venue built in 1912, located in the Polk Gulch/Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, California. [4] It started as a German social meeting hall ...
Founded in 1869, the San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest club on the Pacific Coast. The original anchorage and clubhouse were located in San Francisco near Mission Rock, but inadequate depth of water and increasing industrial growth in the area resulted in a move to Sausalito. Waterfront property was purchased and a new clubhouse erected ...
Alameda Works Shipyard, Alameda, California (1916–1956) American Shipbuilding , Cleveland, Ohio , Lorain, Ohio (1888–1995) Atlantic Basin Iron Works , Brooklyn, New York
Founded in 1927, the Saint Francis Yacht Club (StFYC) was formed when some of the members of the San Francisco Yacht Club decided to move their clubhouse from Sausalito to Belvedere, California to escape the rapidly growing commercial activity of Sausalito. This was prior to the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, and travel to Marin County ...
The first large steam driven vessel running between San Francisco and Sacramento was the steamship McKim, a 400-ton ex Army propeller driven transport steamship that had sailed to California from New Orleans. McKim made its first regular run up river on October 26, 1849, in 17 hours, touching at Benicia on the way to Sacramento. Its schedule ...
The regatta is held annually on the Tuesday or Wednesday preceding The Big Game, at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California. [1] As of 2024, the regatta consists of five divisions per school, each with its own boat: Varsity (current undergraduate sailors), Alumni, Masters (40+ years old), Grandmasters (60+ years old), and Women's.
Lutheran churches were established in Helenendorf in 1854 and in Annenfeld in 1909. They were designed by German architects Eichler and Lehmkuhl. A Lutheran church opened in Baku in 1899. In 1918–1920, Lorenz Kuhn was the representative of the German population in the parliament of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan. At that time, one of ...
The Order of the Sons of Hermann (German: Orden der Hermannssöhne) is a mutual aid society for German immigrants that was formed in New York City on July 20, 1840, [1] [2] and remains active in the states of Connecticut, California, Ohio, and Texas today. [3]