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Building History

The San Francisco Theological Seminary described its own origins: "Presbyterians in the Bay Area in the mid 19th century, determined to establish Presbyterian institutions of learning in the West, found a leader in pastor, preacher, and scholar, William Anderson Scott. Largely under his direction, two schools were started in the churches he served in San Francisco. The first was a Presbyterian college opened in 1861 in Calvary Church. The second, and more long lived, was San Francisco Theological Seminary. When in 1871 the Synod of the Pacific charged a newly appointed Board of Directors with 'organizing a theological seminary such as the present wants and future interests of this coast demand,' four professors and four students began meeting for instruction at the Presbyterian City College located in what now is Union Square. Six years later, the Seminary moved to its own building next to the City College building on Haight Street." (See "SFTS History," accessed 02/16/2012.) The school moved to another location in 1877 on Haight Street, and then in 1892 to a spacious and secluded new campus in San Anselmo, CA.

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