Art to Zoo: Mr. Woodward's Gardens






In 1868, hotel owner Robert Woodward opens his home and gardens at Mission and 14th Streets, alongside the tracks of his horse car line, as a pleasure park, with a 25-cent admission fee to enter the gates.

Woodward's Gardens
"Woodward's Gardens are...a grand union of park, garden, conservatory, museum, gymnasium, zoological grounds and art gallery, no Eastern city offers the equal of Woodward's Gardens."" -- BANCROFT's PACIFIC GUIDE.

Woodward's Gardens

Woodward's Gardens

Woodward's Gardens
Woodward's Gardens

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