San Francisco's Coit Tower was built in the memory of Lillie Hitchcock Coit, the city's honorary matron saint of firefighters. She had left 1/3 of her estate "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city which I have always loved."
Coit Tower was created in 1933.
Coit Tower is located on the top of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California. It is also known as Lillian Coit Memorial Tower and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Coit Tower was built on top of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill in 1933 with money donated by Lillie Hitchcock Coit. She had a longtime love of firemen and the heroic job they do. If you see a picture of Coit Tower, you will notice that it is shaped like a firehose nozzle.
California's Gold - 1991 Coit Tower was released on: USA: 7 April 2010
a fire hose nozzle
Sam Coit died on January 2, 1933, in New York City, New York, USA of pneumonia.
Because there was an earthquake in 1906. Before the earthquake finished, Coit Tower was made as good as new. I hope before this year there wasn't another earthquake! Think of some more un-answered questions soon OK? By Josh Lennon, Leicester
Coit Albertson's birth name is E. Coit Albertson.
The works inside the Coit Tower were carried out under the auspices of the Public Works of Art program, part of FDR's "New Deal". Since they were paid for by the Civil Works Administration and funded by the US Treasury Department they automatically became public domain upon completion.
Stanton Coit died in 1944.
Stanton Coit was born in 1857.