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Pictures & click images to enlarge Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill Alcatraz Island to left Murals in Coit Tower Coit Tower North side 360° Coit Tower South side 120° San Francisco Picture Galleries View and purchase archive quality prints	Coit Tower on Telegraph hill in San Francisco has provided visitors, and locals, with impressive views of The City since its completion in 1933.		iNeTours.com London UK Tour Tour New York City Las Vegas Tour Wine Tours Tour Los Angeles CA Central Coast Tour San Diego Tour New Orleans Tour Yosemite Park Pictures & Prints Discount Travel Sightseeing Tours Tour San Francisco SF Sightseeing Tours SF Apartment Rentals SF Roommate Finder SF Vacation Rentals San Francisco Hotels San Francisco Map SF Restaurants Restaurant Reviews 1906 Quake & Fire 48 hours in SF Neighborhoods Alcatraz \| Tickets The Castro Aquatic Park Chinatown Civic Center Coit Tower Embarcadero Financial District Fisherman's Wharf Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Park Conservatory Japanese Tea Garden Strybing Arboretum Haight-Ashbury JapanTown Marina & Union Street Nob Hill/Cable Cars North Beach Pacific Heights Pier 39 The Presidio Scenic San Francisco SOMA South Beach Treasure Island Dragon Boat Race Union Square Victorian Houses San Francisco Bay Area Marin Headlands Pt Bonita Lighthouse Muir Woods NM
	Lillie Hitchcock Coit, philanthropist and admirer of the fire fighters at the 1906 earthquake fire, left funds to The City for beautification of San Francisco. Those funds were used for the construction of the 210-foot tall art deco Coit Tower at the top of Telegraph Hill. The tower’s design is reminiscent of a fire hose nozzle and was quite controversial. The Golden Gate Bridge is another San Francisco landmark with an art deco design. Works Progress Administration murals, now protected as a historical treasure, can be viewed inside the first floor of the Coit Tower. These Diego Rivera-inspired murals were completed in 1933. Three Coit Tower mural pictures can be enlarged to the left. The link above will take you to a web site with a more complete Coit Tower murals photo collection. Take the Filbert Street steps down the east side of Telegraph Hill to Montgomery Street and enjoy views of private cottages and exotic gardens along the way. Pioneer Park, one of the first dedicated parks in San Francisco, existed almost 60 years before Coit Tower was built. Pioneer Park is where the marine telegraph stood from 1850 until about 1853. It consisted of a mast and two wooden arms and used a semaphore language. Until an electric telegraph at Point Lobos rendered it redundant, the marine telegraph provided early notification of arriving ships – and a name for Telegraph Hill.	San Francisco Tours Open Top Double-decker Bus Double-decker plus Alcatraz San Francisco Wine Country Tour Small Group San Francisco Tours Wine Aficionado Napa Valley Tour Yosemite National Park day tour SF Seaplane Tour SF Shuttle Tour Sailboat Cruise on San Francisco Bay Monterey/Carmel Taste SF Tour Go SF Card SF City Pass
	The history of Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower includes attempts to level the hill, and efforts by many individuals and organizations to save and beautify the hill. Residents of Telegraph Hill were able to divert the fire that followed the 1906 earthquake, sparing their homes from destruction. An easily recognized landmark, visible from many areas of The City, Coit Tower has great views of, and can be seen from, Alcatraz Island, Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Financial District and other parts of San Francisco. The Hitchcocks, Lillie Hitchcock Coit's family, purchased 1000 acres in the upper Napa Valley between St. Helena and Calistoga in 1883. Lillie set up a home site nearby and named it "Larkmead." After you have taken a virtual tour of Coit Tower on Telegraph hill in San Francisco on iNeTours.com you might want to take a real San Francisco Tour.