Cathedral Hill, San Francisco

Neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States

37°47′03″N 122°25′31″W / 37.78423°N 122.42537°W / 37.78423; -122.42537Country

United StatesState

CaliforniaCity-countySan FranciscoGovernment

• Board of SupervisorsJane Kim • AssemblymemberMatt Haney (D)^[1] • State senatorScott Wiener (D)^[1] • U. S. rep.Nancy Pelosi (D)^[2]Area

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• Total0.095 sq mi (0.25 km²)Population

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• Total2,868 • Density30,000/sq mi (12,000/km²)Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific) • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)ZIP code

94109

Area codes 415/628^[3]

Cathedral Hill is a neighborhood and a hill, in the Western Addition district of San Francisco, California.

Location

The neighborhood's northern border is Post Street, the eastern border is Van Ness Avenue, the southern border is Eddy Street and the western border is Laguna Street.^[4]

Attractions and characteristics

The neighborhood is centered on St. Mary's Cathedral on the corner of Geary Street and Gough Street.

It is home to large condominium and apartment towers, plus numerous churches built atop the hill, including St. Mary's Cathedral, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, The First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, and the Hamilton Baptist Church.

The neighborhood's former Cathedral Hill Hotel at Van Ness and Geary Streets was torn down and replaced by a new earthquake-proof California Pacific Medical Center hospital between 2013 and 2021.^[5]

The Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep school is in the neighborhood.

References

^ ^a ^b "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
^ "California's 11th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cathedral Hill neighborhood in San Francisco, California (CA), 94109 detailed profile". City-Data.com. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ "Map". Google Maps.
^ "Compromise Reached For CPMC's Cathedral Hill Campus To Rise". SocketSite. March 5, 2013. Retrieved 2021-11-30.