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The Archbishop`s Mansion of San Francisco. #
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The Archbishop`s Mansion of San Francisco was built in 1904 for Patrick Riordian, the second Archbishop of San Francisco, built in the French Second Empire style.Riordian himself came to San Francisco from Chicago, where he saw firsthand the devastating effect of their Great Fire of 1871. Because of this, he had the building built with steel reinforced concrete, and stucco exterior. Because of his planning, his house survived this cities Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
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