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University of San Francisco
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- 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- 415-422-6563, (415) 422-5555
- 415-422-2217 (fax)
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- History & Memorable Moments
Founded as Saint Ignatius Academy by the Italian Jesuits Rev. Anthony Maraschi, Rev. Joseph Bixio, and Rev. Michael Accolti in 1855, USF began life in a wood frame building along Market Street in what later became downtown San Francisco. A charter from the state of California in 1859 changed the school's name to Saint Ignatius College and granted it the power to confer degrees. The original curriculum included Greek, Spanish, Latin, English, French, Italian, algebra, arithmetic, history, geography, elocution, and bookkeeping. Father Maraschi, apart from being the college's first president, was also a professor and the college's treasurer; and served as Saint Ignatius Church's first pastor. A new building was constructed in 1862 to replace the first frame building and the first degree was awarded a year later. In 1871, Joseph Neri S. J., professor of natural philosophy, displayed an electric arc light from the Market Street church. Five years later, Neri would illuminate Market Street with electric lamps for the centennial of American independence. [1]
In 1880, the college moved from Market Street to a new site on the corner of Hayes Street and Van Ness Avenue (currently occupied by the Davies Symphony Hall). 1863 saw the founding of the College Players, USF's student theater group, the oldest continuous theater group operating west of the Mississippi River and the second oldest in the United States. The third Saint Ignatius College was destroyed in the earthquake and fire of 1906 and the campus moved further westward to the corner of Hayes and Shrader Streets, close to Golden Gate Park. The college moved to its present site on the south slope of Lone Mountain, in 1927. Lone Mountain Campus and Stairs. [1]
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