Here is a view of Old St. Hilary’s Church at dusk with Angel Island, Alcatraz and the San Francisco Skyline in the Background. I took this photo in 2011 and I’ve been meaning to re-process it for a while.
When I took this photo the Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest building in San Francisco at 853 feet. Salesforce Tower became the tallest building in San Francisco at 1,070 feet when it was completed in 2017.
Technically, Old Saint Hilary’s Church is now Old Saint Hilary’s Landmark. The Catholic Church built a larger, more modern church years ago and was going to demolish Saint Hilary’s when a group of citizens bought the property from the church to preserve it as an historic landmark. It is a popular site for weddings and other events. The property is administered and maintained by the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society. You can find it here.
The grounds adjacent to the building contain a large wildflower area named the John Thomas Howell Wildflower Preserve.
