National Register of Historic Places

APOLLO (Storeship)

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Listed
May 15, 1991
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
91000561

About this property

The Apollo is a historic storeship that is buried at a location in downtown San Francisco, California, at the site of the Old Federal Reserve Bank. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Parts of the ship have been uncovered, most recently in 1921 and 1925. The ship was in existence by 10 March 1831, when it was registered at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Photographs from the 1921 uncovering exist. The 1925 excavation revealed coins from 1797, 1825, and 1840, a gold nugget, and assorted navigational pieces. One of numerous buried ships within San Francisco, it is an archeological site, listed at least partially for its potential to yield information in the future. The ship was acquired by Moses Yale Beach of the New York Sun in 1848 for the California Gold Rush, and was later converted into the "Apollo Saloon", serving alcohol, donoughts and coffee.

Location

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
37.79439, -122.40008

Categories

COMMERCEHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALTRANSPORTATIONMARITIME HISTORY
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Sources

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APOLLO (Storeship) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1991.

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APOLLO (Storeship) is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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