NIANTIC (Storeship)

NW corner of Clay and Sansome Sts., San Francisco, California. County/parish: San Francisco.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 16, 1991. NRIS 91000563.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

• Bow and Associated Material Culture, NIANTIC Storeship Site

From Wikipedia:

Niantic (whaling vessel)

Niantic was a whaleship that brought fortune-seekers to Yerba Buena (later renamed San Francisco) during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Run aground and converted into a storeship and hotel, she was a prominent landmark in the booming city for several years. The site of Niantic beside the Transamerica Pyramid is now a California Historical Landmark. Artifacts excavated in 1978 and the ship's log from her last voyage are on display in the San Francisco Maritime Museum.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861224