Draft:San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society

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San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society
FoundedAugust 4, 1853; 170 years ago (1853-08-04)[1]
FounderMrs A B Eaton
Type501(c)(3), charitable organization
PurposeTo be an innovative, charitable model for serving the needs of seniors, and to utilize its resources and expertise to serve the San Francisco community.[2]
Location
Coordinates37°48′06″N 122°26′05″W / 37.801763°N 122.4348336°W / 37.801763; -122.4348336
ServicesElderly care
Chairman
David Gruber
CEO
Mary Linde
Websiteheritageonthemarina.org

The San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society, doing business as "Heritage on the Marina", is a non-profit foundation that operates a retirement community in the

aging-in-place model. The current premises are of historical and architectural merit and were designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1923 and completed in 1925.[4]

History

The following timeline was extracted from photos of posters created by Jean fowler and other residents for the 160th anniversary of the Society. The originals are in binders in the Stucky Library at Heritage on the Marina.

August 4, 1853, The San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society is established by Mrs A B Eaton to assist women and families stranded by the Gold Rush

1857 The Society founds a home for women and children needing shelter. A house at Second and Tehama streets is rented for $25 per month and is called "Hospitality House".

1860 Horace Hawes donates a lot bounded by Van Ness, Geary, Franklin, and Post streets to the society for a permanent home.

1862–3 Work begins on a building design by S C Bugbee for the lot on Franklin St, a home for children, known as the "Ladies's Home", also the "Old Brown Ark".

1869 Only $40 remains in the Society's treasury; the president pleads for donations in her annual report.

1875 Substantial gifts acquired from 1875 to 1896 improves the Ladies Protection and Relief societies; financial situation.

1880 The California State Legislature passes an act appropriating money to support orphans, half-orphans, and abandoned children at institutions like the Lady's Home.

1889 The Society raises $668 with a charity baseball game between the

Pacific Union Club and Bohemian Club
.

1898 Sufficient funds are collected for work to begin on the north wing of the Lady's home.

1901 A fragment of the cabin from the shipwrecked SS city of Rio de Janeiro, found near Alcatraz with the Society's collection box containing coins still intact. That box now hangs in the Heritage on the Marina entrance.

1906 earthquake

1913 The children of the Ladies' Home enjoyed their first summer vacation outside the city.

1921 A new program by state authorities of placing children in foster homes diminishes the need for children's homes.

1922 The Society decides to change its focus from children to elderly women and convalescents

1922 The Society acquires property bounded by Franklin, Bay, Laguna and Octavia streets; Kate F Austin generously offered it as a gift, but the society paid a token of $10 for it.

March 1923 The trustees approve architect Julia Morgan's plans for the Laguna Street building that will become known as the Heritage in 1959.

1923 To Ladies' Home for children on Franklin Street closes its doors.

1925 The Society's new home for elderly women and convalescents at 3400 Laguna Street begins operation.

1953 "The Society celebrates its centennial

1953 Two adjoining properties, the Francisco Street flats, were purchased to provide space for staff, made possible by a gift from Edith and Lucy Allyne

1954 The San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society and the Crocker Old People's Home plan a merger. Architect Warren Perry was commissioned to develop plans to enlarge the home on Laguna Street to accommodate residents of both sexes

1957 Former residents of the Crocker Old People's Home move in and become part of the family at the Society's home on Laguna Street. The Laguna Street home becomes certified as a Life Care institution.

1958 New Perry building is completed and made ready for occupancy

1959 May The enlarged home on Laguna Street is named The Heritage

1963 The Health Center – a skilled nursing facility – designed by Gardiner Dailey is built

1977 The Chinatown Kitchen Programs begins providing nutritious at-cost meals to low-income seniors

1986 The Health Center is substantially remodeled and Friendship Hall is built

October 1989 A major earthquake hits northern California, but The Heritage emerges almost untouched

1996 Heritage dining room is remodeled

2000 The San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society Board of Trustees combines with the Board of Managers to form a new Board of Directors

2002 The original slate roof on The Heritage is replaced

2003 The San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society celebrates its 150th anniversary

2009 Property on Van Ness Avenue is sold (creating a substantial endowment for The Society)

2005 A resident became a non-voting member of the Board of Directors

2012 A wireless system is installed throughout Heritage

2013 The Society celebrates its 160th anniversary

Premises

Heritage on the Marina (1925–present)

Main article: Heritage on the Marina
Building in the Tudor style
Heritage on the Marina at 3400 Laguna Street, San Francisco CA 94123 designed by Julia Morgan
Stone cottage
The "Cottage" – an ancillary building on the premises of Heritage on the Marina

To do: main article on Heritage on the Marina

In 1922 the society accepted the donation from Mrs Kate F Austin of the parcel of land surrounded by Francisco, Bay, Laguna and Octavia. Previously the site had been part of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. Rather than constructing a new orphanage, they decided to rededicate the Society to “the care of elderly women and convalescent women and children.” By February of 1923, the Society had viewed sketches prepared by Julia Morgan, the architect of the Hearst Castle, Mills College, the Fairmont Hotel and well-known for earthquake-resistant structures. The project had a budget of $150,000

On March 3, 1925, the Society held its first meeting in the front parlor of the new Tudor-style structure at 3400 Laguna Street. Constructed from reinforced concrete and faced with red brick with inset matt-glazed terracotta panels, the building was designed to withstand earthquakes. The project was completed under the budget by $28,000.[5]: 29 

Crocker Old People's Home (1884–1957)

The Crocker Old People's Home, exterior
The Crocker Old People's Home, interior

Mary Ann Deming Crocker (1827–1889) commissioned American architect A. Page Brown (1859–1896) to design a mausoleum at Mountain View Cemetery for her deceased husband, the railroad magnate Charles Crocker (1822–1888), and an Old People's Home for a site at 2507 Pine Street in Lower Pacific Heights. The Bay Area architect, Willis Polk (1867–1924), came to San Francisco, to work for Brown on these two formative commissions.[6]

This building still exists and is known as "Rose Court."[7]

In 1957 the Crocker Old People's Home merged with the San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society. That November, sixty-seven former residents of 2507 Pine Street moved to 3400 Laguna Street.[5]: 42 

The "Old Brown Ark" (1863–1925)

1866 The "Old Brown Ark", San Francisco, West Side
Orphanage
1884 The "Old Brown Ark", San Francisco, East Side

The premises of the first dedicated care home of the San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society from 1863 to 1925 were situated between Van Ness, Franklin, Geary and Post Streets on land donated by Horace May Hawes. Designed by S. C. Bugbee & Son. The Franklin Street house, which came to be known affectionately as the “Old Brown Ark”, was "primarily used as an orphanage but also housed indigent mothers and elderly women".[5]: 9  A new wing was added in 1898. Now the site of the California_Pacific_Medical_Center

Note on front of photo taken in 1884: "Commenced Oct. 1, 1863; completed Apr. 20, 1864; total cost $23,000."[8]

In 1915, William Slingerland, PhD reported:

Brick and frame building, mostly faced with cement, three stories, modern conveniences, but structure old-fashioned and not adapted to modern use. An institution of very great possibilities, largely unrealized. Need new building and modern methods.

Main statistics for year ending December 31, 1913:

  • Value of plant $100,000
  • Amount of endowment $350,000
  • Capacity 135
  • Regular employees 21
  • Average children in care 100
  • Annual maintenance $24,850
  • Average expense per capita $249[9]

Earlier Premises

Other addresses in San Francisco used by the Society included 151 Sacramento Street, a building on a corner of 2nd and Tehama Streets and a block bounded by McAllister, Fulton, Stanton and Willard.

Awards and Recognition

  • US Flag that flew over the Capitol presented by Member of Congress Nancy Pelosi to The Heritage
    US Flag that flew over the Capitol presented by Member of Congress Nancy Pelosi to The Heritage
  • Letter from Governor Edmund Brown to The Heritage, September 2, 2013
    Letter from Governor Edmund Brown to The Heritage, September 2, 2013
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors Certificate of Honor presented to the Heritage
    San Francisco Board of Supervisors Certificate of Honor presented to the Heritage
  • San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee Certificate of Honor for The Heritage
    San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee Certificate of Honor for The Heritage
  • California Senate Resolution #1141 honoring The Heritage
    California Senate Resolution #1141 honoring The Heritage
  • California Assembly Resolution to The Heritage #1141 2013-09-13
    California Assembly Resolution to The Heritage #1141 2013-09-13

Notable Benefactors

  • Edith and Lucy Allyne – Wealthy civic-minded sisters[10][5]: 31 
  • Mrs George Barstow – Wife of George Barstow[5]: 12 
  • Mary Ann Deming Crocker – Wife of Charles Crocker[5]: 35-36 [11]
  • Mrs Nathaniel Gray – Wife of Nathanial Gray[5]: 7 [12][13]
  • Horace Hawes – California state assemblyman, senator and San Francisco District Attorney[5]: 8 [14]
  • Phoebe Hearst – Philanthropist, feminist and suffragist[5]: 14 
  • Mrs Thomas O Larkin – Wife of Thomas_O._Larkin – only US consul to California
  • James Lick – Real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences[5]: 12 
  • Minnie Nelson – Founder of the Scandinavian Benevolent and Relief Society[15]
  • John McLaren – superintendent of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco[5]: 14 
  • Mrs Charles Wheeler – Wife of Charles Stetson Wheeler[5]: 14 
  • Mrs James King of William – wife of James_King_of_William – American journalist

Notable Residents

  • John Ertola – San Francisco Superior Court Judge, President San Francisco Board of Supervisors etc[16]
  • Bob Fouts - American sportscaster best known as a play-by-play announcer for San Francisco 49ers football
  • Arlene Francis – Actress, radio and television talk show host, and game show panelist
  • Albert R. Jonsen – Founder of the field of Bioethics, President University of San Francisco
  • Bernard Mayes – British broadcaster, university dean and author who founded America's first suicide prevention hotline
  • Richard Morris – Executive Director, San Francisco Lawyers Committee for Urban Affairs[17]
  • John Creighton Murray – Violinist[18][19]
  • Walter H Sokel – University of Virginia Commonwealth Professor in the German and English Departments[20]
  • Mary Tape – desegregation activist who fought for Chinese-Americans' access to education

See Also

External Links

Further Reading

  • Beans, Rowena, 1953, Inasmuch; the one-hundred year history of the San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society, 1853–1953, Edited by Carol Green Wilson. San Francisco: James J. Gillick and Co.
  • Chase, Ashley, 2003, Our Heritage : the San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society: 1853-2003, the first 150 years, San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society.
  • Wilson, Carol Green, 1970, A History of The Heritage, 1853–1970, San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society.

References

  1. ^ a b "San Francisco Gold Rush Chronology 1852–1854". The Museum of the City of San Francisco. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  2. ^ a b "About ~ Heritage on the Marina". Heritage on the Marina. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  3. ^ "Health & Wellness ~ Heritage on the Marina". Heritage on the Marina. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Mary Ann. "The Heritage". Digital Imaging Project. Bluffton University. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wilson, Carol Green (1970). A History of The Heritage, 1853–1970. San Francisco Ladies Protection and Relief Society.
  6. ^ Michelson, Alan. "Crocker Old People's Home, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, CA (1889–1890)". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Michelson. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  7. ^ sftrajan. "Crocker Old People's Home". SmugMug. Retrieved 2023-02-10 – via Flickr.
  8. ^ "Annie Browning". Frederick Bee History Project. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  9. ^ Slingerlands, William H. "Child welfare work in California; a study of agencies and institutions" (PDF). Russell Sage Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  10. ^ Leicester, Ferard. "The Allyne Sisters". California History. University of California Press. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  11. ^ "Mary Ann Deming Crocker". New Mexico Historic Women. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  12. ^ "Death of Nathaniel Gray". Retrieved 2023-02-12 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection, UC Riverside.
  13. ^ "Nathaniel Gray". Oakland Wiki. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  14. ^ Levy, Joan. "Who was Horace Hawes?". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  15. ^ "Finding Aid to the San Francisco Ladies' Protection and Relief Society Records MS 3576". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  16. ^ "John Ertola Obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-13 – via legacy.com.
  17. ^ "Richard Morris Obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-13 – via legacy.com.
  18. ^ "John Murray Obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-15 – via legacy.com.
  19. ^ "John Creighton Murray Debut". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  20. ^ "Walter H Sokel Obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-15 – via legacy.com.

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