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1898
Wong Kim Ark
Wong Kim Ark
Early Ferry building stereoscope, prior to the 1906 earthquake
Early Ferry building stereoscope, prior to the 1906 earthquake
Neptune Society Columbarium
Neptune Society Columbarium
Baldwin Hotel
Baldwin Hotel

 • United States v. Wong Kim Ark is decided in favor of Wong Kim Ark (pictured, left), who is thus considered a U.S. citizen
 • The San Francisco Ferry Building (pictured, right), designed by A. Page Brown, opens
 • A columbarium (pictured, right) is built at Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco by Bernard J. S. Cahill, to complement an earlier columbarium built by him
 • The Baldwin Hotel (pictured, right) in San Francisco, built in 1876, burns down
 • Francis K. Shattuck dies after being knocked down by a man exiting from a train that Shattuck was attempting to board on the eponymous Shattuck Avenue