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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. [1][2] Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia City, Nevada and made a fortune at the Comstock Lode.
Mar 15, 2024 · Adolph Sutro was of German Jewish heritage, born in Aachen, Prussia. He was an inventor, entrepreneur and real estate developer who helped shape the landscape of late 19th century San Francisco.
Sutro ran for mayor as the populist "anti-octupus" candidate,— in opposition to the Southern Pacific Railroad, which dominated California politics. Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro was born April 29, 1830. He was well educated in the field of mining engineering.
Jul 17, 2018 · Adolph Sutro, full name Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro, was a German merchant, entrepreneur, and politician who emigrated from Aachen, Germany to San Francisco with a ferocious ambition to attain success in the “New World.”
Feb 28, 2015 · Adolph Sutro, the self-made millionaire who designed Sutro Heights and later the second Cliff House, developed the amazing Sutro Baths in 1894. With his special interest in natural history and marine studies, he constructed an ocean pool aquarium among the rocks north of the Cliff House.
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro was born in Aachen, Prussia, April 29, 1830. He had an excellent education in the field of mining engineering. He arrived in San Francisco aboard the steamship "California" November 21, 1850, and immediately engaged in trade, first in San Francisco and later in Stockton.
Adolph Sutro came to California in 1850, at the age of 20. He went into the clothing business in Stockton with Bernhard Frankenheimer, a cousin. Soon, Adolph Sutro returned to San Francisco where he opened a tobacco store and a second store that sold imported variety goods.
Feb 1, 2022 · Sutro was phenomenally successful in mining, business, real estate, urban development, commercial recreation, and book collecting, but few Californians know much about him, and—until now—he was the subject of only one serious biography, published in 1962.
The third Cliff House site, the ruins of Sutro Baths, and Sutro Heights, with its landscaping and rocky Parapet form the nucleus of Sutro’s influence in developing what is now the Sutro Historic Landscape District as an attraction and recreational area for the public.
Adolph Sutro was the classic California dreamer and self-made man. He came to California with nothing and took advantage of the openness and vast opportunity of the Gold Rush to turn his vision into reality.
