RECENT RESEARCH — A newly unearthed photograph showing the north side of the 600 block of Commercial Street, San Francisco, in the aftermath of the earthquake and fires of 1906 reveals, for the first time, visual evidence of the fate of the building that housed the Eureka Lodgings, where Emperor Norton lived from 1864–65 until his death in 1880. Our analysis of the photo sharpens the focus on the identities and locations of the buildings along this stretch — and exactly what each building suffered in 1906. Includes our highly researched new infographic that can be used as a tool for understanding the history of this location.

The Emperor Norton Trust

TO HONOR THE LIFE + ADVANCE THE LEGACY OF JOSHUA ABRAHAM NORTON

RESEARCH • EDUCATION • ADVOCACY

ABOUT :: Friends

People, projects and organizations who have encouraged and supported the work of The Emperor Norton Trust — and its earlier incarnation, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign — in ways big and small:

Friends of The Emperor Norton Trust

Atlas Obscura
Bay Curious (KQED) / Olivia Allen–Price
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Yale University)
Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association
Bonhams
Lee Bruno
Burrito Justice
California Historical Society
(The late) Robert J. Chandler
Comstock Saloon
Constant Wonder / BYU Radio
E Clampus Vitus, Yerba Buena #1
Matthew Edwards
Josh Ellingson
Emperor Norton's Boozeland
Eric Quezada Center for Politics & Culture (518 Valencia) / Claude Marks
Richard Everett
Jeremy Fish
Ellen Halteman
Heritage Auctions
Historia Discordia & the Discordian Archives / Adam Gorightly
Historical Marker Database
The House of Shields / Eric Passetti
Internet Archive
klipschutz
Last Gasp / Ron Turner
John Law (with occasional help from his friends)
Library of Congress
Lost San Francisco / R. Christian Anderson
Daniel Macchiarini
Mechanics' Institute (and former MI librarian Taryn Edwards)
Misstencil
Norton the First: America's Emperor (film) / Jesse Chandler & Kat Shreve
Norton Dollars / Richard Petersen
Numismatic Bibliomania Society / Wayne Homren
Oakland Heritage Alliance
Oddball Films & San Francisco Media Archive / (The late) Stephen Parr
Kim Ohanneson & Marty Axelrod
Overland Monthly / Katelyn Roberts
Aaron Peskin (and his San Francisco Board of Supervisors staff)
Chuck Prophet
Raff Distillerie / Carter Raff
Derek Remski
Gino Robair
Roxie Theater (and former Executive Director Dave Cowen)
San Francisco City Football Club and its Emperor Norton Award
San Francisco Historical Society / (The late) Charles Fracchia
San Francisco History Association / (The late) Ron Ross
San Francisco History Days
San Francisco Images & Eco Framing / Bennett Hall
San Francisco Public Library (SF History Center) / Susan Goldstein
San Francisco Steampunks / Aaron Almanza & Matt Freedman
Kazuo Sayama
Jimmie Schein / Schein & Schein
Richard Schwartz
Shaping San Francisco & Found SF / Chris Carlsson & LisaRuth Elliott
Steven Short
Society of California Pioneers (and former SCP librarian Pat Keats)
The Sons of Emperor Norton
Spirit of America Bookstore
Stuart Schuffman (Broke-Ass Stuart)
U.S.-China Forum San Francisco / Lotus Fong
Wells Fargo History Museum