What is Coit Tower?
Q: What is Coit Tower?
A: Coit Tower is a tower located in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
Q: Who left their estate to the city to help add to the beauty of San Francisco?
A: Lillie Hitchcock Coit left one-third of her estate to the city to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city.
Q: When was Coit Tower built?
A: Coit Tower was built in 1933.
Q: What is Coit Tower made of?
A: Coit Tower is made of unpainted reinforced concrete.
Q: Who designed Coit Tower?
A: Architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard designed Coit Tower.
Q: What kind of art is found in Coit Tower?
A: Coit Tower has fresco murals by 27 different on-site artists and their assistants, plus two additional paintings installed after creation off-site.
Q: Why was Coit Tower built?
A: Coit Tower was built as a way to add to the beauty of San Francisco and was not designed to resemble a fire hose nozzle, despite Coit's affinity with the San Francisco firefighters of the day, in particular with Knickerbocker Engine Company Number 5.
