Prayer Book Cross
Historic site · Golden Gate Park, California
A sandstone cross 57 feet high, modelled after a Celtic cross on the Scottish island of Iona, standing on a hill north of John F. Kennedy Drive opposite 20th Avenue.
History
Designed by Ernest Coxhead and erected by the Northern California Episcopal Diocese to commemorate the religious service in the English language held by Francis Fletcher, chaplain to Sir Francis Drake, on the shores of Drake's Bay on 24 June 1579. It was unveiled on the opening day of the Mid Winter Fair, 1 January 1894.
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