In Photos: Before and After Pictures of San Francisco

Old St Mary’s Cathedral has stood on California Street since 1854. It is pictured here in 1900, six years before a huge earthquake almost destroyed the city.

OpenSF History

The cathedral pictured in modern day San Francisco. It survived the 1906 earthquake but was severely damaged by a huge fire the day after the disaster. A renovation of the church was completed in 1909.

Niall David