The Admission Day Monument marks California’s entry into the United States, a turning point that accelerated political organization and economic growth. For San Francisco, statehood reinforced its importance as a centre of trade, governance, and regional influence.
This monument helps place the city within a clear historical timeline. It highlights how quickly San Francisco evolved after statehood, moving from a developing settlement to a city with national significance in a remarkably short time.
Quick facts
- Coordinates: 37.7890898, -122.4018426
- Type: Monument
OSM tags
- Alternative name: Native Sons Monument;Phelan Fountain
- artist_name: Douglas Tilden
- Historic: Monument
- level: 0
- monument: statue
- Name: Admission Day Monument
- note: Commemorates California’s admission into the union; Sculptor Douglas Tilden; unveiled 1897
- Start date: 1897
- Wikidata: Q16001844