SITE OF THE WHAT CHEER HOUSE - View this location on map This is the site of the famous What Cheer House, a unique hotel opened in 1852 by R. B. Woodward and destroyed by the fire of 1906. The What Cheer House catered to men only, permitted no liquor on the premises, and housed San Francisco's first free library and first museum. Sacramento St and Leidesdorff St, San Francisco, California Historical

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