Apollo (storeship)

Apollo (storeship)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Apollo Warehouses, property of Moses Yale Beach, the Old Federal Reserve Bank Building (San Francisco) is currently the site of the buried ship
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Location	NW corner of Sacramento and Battery Sts., San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′40″N122°23′56″W / 37.79444°N 122.39889°W / 37.79444; -122.39889
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
NRHP reference No.	91000561 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 16, 1991

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. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Photographs from the 1921 uncovering exist. The 1925 excavation revealed coins from 1797, 1825, and 1840, a gold nugget, and assorted navigational pieces. ^[2] One of numerous buried ships within San Francisco, ^[3] it is an archeological site, listed at least partially for its potential to yield information in the future. ^[2]

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. ^[4]

Gallery

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  An 1855 lithograph of ships being used as businesses in San Francisco. Apollo storeship and Niantic Hotel
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  The Apollo Saloon, Apollo storeship, 1855, next to Euphemia Prison, the ship on water
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  Building at Sacramento and Battery Streets in San Francisco. Stands on top of Apollo (storeship)
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  1849 New York advertisement for the Apollo
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  Apollo storeship, 1849, San Francisco, ship owned by Moses Yale Beach, New York Sun
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  Map of San Francisco, 1850, Apollo storeship at the bottom. From Joseph P. Beach's journal

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. James P. Delgado (May 20, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Apollo Storeship / Apollo". National Park Service.
3. "San Francisco History: Buried Ships".
4. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet, Apollo Storeship, April 5, 1991, p. 9