St Ignatius Interior
by Paul LeSage
Title
St Ignatius Interior
Artist
Paul LeSage
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
St. Ignatius Church is the legacy of a dynamic and continuous Jesuit presence in San Francisco from the City�s earliest days.
The first St. Ignatius Church was a simple, wooden structure on Market Street between 4th and 5th Streets. It was dedicated in July 1855, only six years after the first Jesuit Fathers arrived in San Francisco from Italy.
A second, succeeding church, built at another location was destroyed by fire following the 1906 earthquake.
Shortly thereafter, engineer John E. Pope convinced the Jesuits to acquire the piece of land atop the hill at the corner of Parker Avenue and Fulton Street. He envisioned this as a perfect site to construct a building �with towering outlines visible from all parts of the City,� and �stately towers piercing the air above the breakers.� Taking Pope�s vision of a landmark church to heart, architect Charles J. I. Devlin began drawing plans for the church in 1909. Built between 1910 and 1914, and dedicated on August 2, 1914, the fifth St. Ignatius Church is, indeed, a San Francisco landmark.
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