She was the biggest fan of San Francisco's firefighters and California's 'most original woman'
She was the biggest fan of San Francisco's firefighters and California's 'most original woman' Gary Kamiya FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a great fan of both San Francisco and its firefighters.San Francisco Public LibraryShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Coit Tower was built in atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit, to beautify the city and pay tribute to its firefighters.Lance Iversen/The Chronicle 2008Show MoreShow Less The biggest fan of early San Francisco’s celebrated volunteer firefighters, and one of the great free spirits in the city’s hist...
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