Admission Day Monument
The Admission Day Monument in 2013 | |
| Location | Market Street and Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′21″N 122°24′07″W / 37.78909°N 122.40184°W |
| Designer | Douglas Tilden |
| Type | sculpture |
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| Completion date | 1897 |
The Admission Day Monument is an 1897 sculpture by Douglas Tilden, located at the intersection of Market Street and Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States. It commemorates California Admission Day (September 9, 1850), the date on which the state became part of the Union, following the Mexican–American War of 1848.
Other names for the sculpture include Admission Day, the Admission Day Fountain, the California Admissions Day Monument, Native Son Monument, Native Sons' Monument, Native Sons Monument, and Phelan Fountain.