Comments on: Octagon house at Land’s End http://richmondsfblog.com/2009/09/27/octagon-house-at-lands-end/ News, information, photos, videos and history about the Richmond District neighborhood of San Francisco. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tweets that mention Octagon house at Land’s End | Richmond District Blog of San Francisco (richmondsfblog.com) -- Topsy.com http://richmondsfblog.com/2009/09/27/octagon-house-at-lands-end/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Tweets that mention Octagon house at Land’s End | Richmond District Blog of San Francisco (richmondsfblog.com) -- Topsy.com Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:12:37 +0000 http://richmondsfblog.com/blog/?p=2304#comment-749 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by blessingx. blessingx said: Did you know there's an octagon house at Land's End with a fascinating history? http://bit.ly/JVDR2 (via @richmondsfblog) [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by blessingx. blessingx said: Did you know there's an octagon house at Land's End with a fascinating history? http://bit.ly/JVDR2 (via @richmondsfblog) [...]

]]> By: Wolfgang http://richmondsfblog.com/2009/09/27/octagon-house-at-lands-end/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Wolfgang Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:08:17 +0000 http://richmondsfblog.com/blog/?p=2304#comment-746 Yep, certainly have... It was inhabited until a few years ago by Mrs. Morrissey, a widow who married to lookout. The semaphore on top is almost covered by the trees now, but was once visible all the way to the Presidio. It was Mr. Morrissey who was the last person who saw–from land, as she was anchoring–the SS "City of Rio de Janeiro" before she sank in early 1901 around Fort Point. I have an old photo showing the lookout station, and what is now the parking lot, surrounded by trash and smoking garbage, as it was before it became a national park property. Yep, certainly have… It was inhabited until a few years ago by Mrs. Morrissey, a widow who married to lookout. The semaphore on top is almost covered by the trees now, but was once visible all the way to the Presidio. It was Mr. Morrissey who was the last person who saw–from land, as she was anchoring–the SS “City of Rio de Janeiro” before she sank in early 1901 around Fort Point.

I have an old photo showing the lookout station, and what is now the parking lot, surrounded by trash and smoking garbage, as it was before it became a national park property.

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