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Crocker's Spite Fence

A railroad baron and an undertaker's family fought for more than twenty-five years over one small lot.

Collection: San Francisco: More Stories · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

Charles Crocker's mansion on Nob Hill
Charles Crocker's mansion on Nob Hill · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

One lot stood between Charles Crocker and the whole block where Grace Cathedral now stands, and it belonged to an undertaker. Crocker, the railroad magnate, built his mansion here on Nob Hill in 1876, and he wanted everything between California, Sacramento, Taylor and Jones streets. Nicholas Yung turned down his bid. So Crocker spent three thousand dollars on a wall of boards about thirty feet high, around three sides of Yung's house.

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Visiting

Grace Cathedral, California and Taylor streets. The story works from the street. If you want to go in, check the cathedral's visiting hours first.

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