Victorian Days Walking Tours: South San Francisco

Complementing its Victorian Days at the Old Courthouse, the San Mateo County History Museum is offering FREE walking tours throughout the Peninsula this summer. From Daly City to Pigeon Point, visit cemeteries, museums, stables, downtown sites, interesting residential areas, a historic railroad depot, a dueling site, a jail, a slot machine collection and a lighthouse. Please note that many of the walking tours require reservations.?

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For more information about the walking tours go to www.historysmc.org/victorian-days-walking-tours/.?

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Victorian Days is also a FREE event at the History Museum and features family activities that inform youngsters about life in the nineteenth century. It takes place from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 18.?

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The South San Francisco Public Library History Room will host a walk down Grand Avenue, sharing architectural details about historic buildings and stories about the people who built the city at the turn of the century. We will see the hotel that housed the earliest workers in the booming industrial town, the house that served as the City’s first hospital, and a dozen other historical sites. The tour begins at the library with a video about the city’s history. There is free parking behind the library; enter on Miller Avenue.
 

RSVP: Due to limited space, you must RSVP to 650.877.8533 or martinezev@plsinfo.org

Difficulty Level: Moderate. Most is on a slight decline, 2 blocks are steeper.

Address: Grand Avenue Library, 306 Walnut Ave., South San Francisco.