Jul 4, 2021 · The final member of the Big 4 was Charles Crocker, who was placed in charge of construction of the railroad, likely because of his experience working in and owning an iron forge. In 1868, the Big 4 bought a controlling interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad and later merged the two rail lines.

Sep 20, 2022 · The following year, the Great San Francisco earthquake and fire leveled Crocker’s grand and beautiful mansion and those of all of his partners as well as his son William’s mansion located just west of the Crocker estate.

Jul 6, 2021 · With enough lumber to build a 40-foot-tall, blighting fence around much of Yung’s property, Crocker and his spite fence became a legendary revenge tale, a tourist attraction, and a lesson in the...

Jul 13, 2020 · Charles Crocker, a co-founder of the Central Pacific Railroad, as well as the bank that later became Wells Fargo, had built his 25,000 square-foot home at the peak of Nob Hill (then called California Hill).

Nov 24, 2020 · The following year, the Great San Francisco's earthquake levelled Crocker’s ostentatious mansion. The Crocker family subsequently donated the whole block to the Episcopal Diocese of California. San Francisco’s largest cathedral, the …

Crocker commissioned the high-profile San Francisco architect Samuel Charles Bugbee (1811-1877) to design his mansion. During the 1860s and 1870s, Bugbee had designed a series of highly visible buildings in the city, as noted in a notice of his death in 1877.

Nov 20, 2021 · Significance: Constructed in 1877, the Crocker Fence is the only remnant left of Charles Crocker's Nob Hill mansion, considered one of the grandest in San Francisco during the 19th century.

Crocker built a mansion on Nob Hill, San Francisco. When his attempts to buy Nicholas Yung's adjacent property were rebuffed, he built a 40-foot spite fence around three sides of the neighbor's property.

Mar 6, 2015 · A panorama of San Francisco taken in 1878 from the Mark Hopkins mansion on Nob Hill by photographer Eadward Muybridge. The large, dark-colored edifice at center was the home of railroad magnate Charles Crocker.

Jul 17, 2021 · With enough lumber to build a twelve-foot fence around much of Yung’s property, Crocker and his wicked fence became a legendary revenge story, tourist attraction, and lesson in the danger of escalating emotions. At 6 feet tall and …