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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 04000659.

The Palace of Fine Arts located in San Francisco, CA is designed by Bernard Maybeck in the Beaux-Arts architecture style. It was 1 of 11 palaces constructed for the Panama Pacific Exhibition. The structures represented; Fine Arts, Education, Social Economy, Liberal Arts, Manufacturers and Varied Industries, Machinery, Transportation, Agriculture, Agriculture (Food Products), Horticulture, Mines and Metallurgy. 26 garland ladies guard the Palace. Its Corinthian columns are crowned with Weeping Maidens sculpted by Ulric Ellerhusen. Their tears were to water the boxes that are still in need of plants.

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1. The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915

2. San Francisco Gate, Landscape History, Guarding The Palace, Sam Whiting 11/05/2006

3. Daily Kos, SFCityGuides.org Palace of Fine Arts Tour 06/17/2012
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