South San Francisco Hillside Sign | |
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| Location | Sign Hill Park, North of Park Way, South San Francisco, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°39′41″N 122°25′08″W / 37.6614238°N 122.4189591°W |
| Area | 41 acres (17 ha) |
| Architect | Klassen, Robert A.; Kneese, George A. |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000761[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 11, 1996 |
The South San Francisco Hillside Sign is a historic sign on a hillside overlooking the city of South San Francisco in San Mateo County, California. It was created in the 1920s and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[2] The sign is the main feature of Sign Hill Park, a city park which provides 30 acres (12 ha) of open space, almost 2 miles (3.2 km) of hiking trails, and access to the letters of the sign itself.[3]
The sign spells out "SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY" in white-painted concrete letters and is visible to drivers on northbound U.S. 101[4] and flights to San Francisco International Airport.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet". National Park Service. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "Sign Hill". City of South San Francisco. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ Patty, Robyn (October 21, 2010). "South City's Most Prominent Sign Points the Way to a Good Hike - South San Francisco, CA Patch". South San Francisco Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
Heading north on Highway 101 to San Francisco, everyone sees the huge white letters on Sign Hill alerting drivers that they've reached "South San Francisco The Industrial City."