You’re looking at the First Unitarian Church at 1187 Franklin and Myrtle circa 1900. The church was designed by George W. Percy and built in 1887. In this image, you can see the sarcophagus of Unitarian minister Thomas Starr King just to the left of main entrance at center. Known for his political oratory during the Civil War, King had a profound impact on California staying in the Union, urging listeners to oppose succession (which was not a foregone conclusion). When he died in 1877, there was talk of burying him in Golden Gate Park. Park Commissioners decided it would set a bad precedent; allowing one person to be buried here would lead to others, and they were clear this was to be a park and not a cemetery. A statue was erected in the park in his honor, instead, and King was buried at his church, then near Union Square. The sarcophagus came here with First Unitarian when they moved, and you can still visit him here today; he’s California Historical Landmark 691. If you want t...