Who’s Playing At T̶h̶e̶ ̶M̶o̶r̶g̶u̶e̶ The Chapel Tonight?
November 6, 2014
Ad for a mortuary at 777 Valencia St, from the 1948 city directory:
A photo from 1964, via SFPL
In case you need a hint:
I wonder if the Chapel ever considered calling themselves The Morgue.
Just discovered JunkThief’s post on it, including pictures when it was a rather jaunty lime green:
I never noticed detail in the windows before:
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Zoom and enhance:
Funeral records from Gantner-Maison-Domergue are available at the ever awesome SF Genealogy. Just one example:
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Burrito Justice 
I remember swinging on the swing someone installed on that horizontal tree branch in front when it was unoccupied maybe ten years ago, and looking up to see a rope attached to an eyelet screwed into the second story window frame. I think someone was squatting in there and that was their entrance.
Don’t even get me started on Urban Putt…