By the late 1960s, San Francisco city government had begun to awaken to preservation as a cultural and economic tool of revitalization and recognize that historic buildings drew both tourists and creative enterprises. A landmarking program was adopted into the city charter and 15 of the city’s first 27 designations were in Jackson Square| San Francisco Heritage
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Jackson Square contains the city's only-surviving early commercial area, with well-built Gold Rush-era buildings that escaped destruction from serious fires in the 1850s and after, and from major earthquakes that struck the city between 1868 and 1906. What is today called the Hotaling Building at 451 Jackson Street (SF Landmark no. 12) is perhaps one of the district's most famous survivors.| San Francisco Heritage
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