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Presidio of San Francisco
The Alameda
The Alameda
Bob Bowen Collection
The picturesque Alameda was featured on many post cards in the late 1800s.
 

Halfway down Funston Avenue, the Alameda (Spanish for “avenue”) served as the official entrance to the Presidio from the 1860’s until 1895. During this period, cannonballs lined the streets as a form of decorative curbing and soldiers stood guard at the U.S. Army’s preeminent western post.

Today, little evidence of the Alameda remains other than the four large Victorian houses that border the old post entrance where Presidio Boulevard meets Funston Avenue.

 
Officer's Quarters on the Alameda
One of four large officer's quarters built on the Alameda.
 

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Fort Point, once called  

Did You Know?
In 1882, the fort now known as Fort Point was given the name "Fort Winfield Scott", a name it retained for four years before being downgraded to a sub-post of the Presidio. In 1912, the name was reused for the new coast artillery post at the Presidio, today's Fort Scott.

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