William Richardson
(1795-1856)

Died aged c. 61

William Anthony Richardson (August 27, 1795 – April 20, 1856) was an early California entrepreneur, influential in the development of Yerba Buena, the forerunner of the city of San Francisco. Richardson was the first to receive a land grant in the city, deeded to him by the alcalde, José Joaquín Estudillo. He was subsequently granted the Rancho Saucelito, an even larger rancho land holding across San Francisco Bay comprising a large portion of present-day southeastern Marin County. On these lands, he founded the city of Sausalito.

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The birthplace of a great city. Here, June 25, 1835, William A. Richardson founder of Yerba Buena, (later San Francisco) erected its first habitation, a tent dwelling, replacing it in October 1835, by the first wooden house, and on this ground, in 1836, he erected the large adobe building, known as "Casa Grande".

823 Grant Street, San Francisco, CA, United States where they lived (1835)