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Line 1: '''Woodward's Gardens''' was a combination amusement park, museum, art gallery, zoo, and aquarium operating from 1866 to 1891 in the [[Mission District, San Francisco\|Mission District]] of [[San Francisco, California]]. The Gardens covered two city blocks, bounded by Mission, Valencia, 13th, and 15th Streets in San Francisco. The site currently has a brick building housing Woodward's Gardens Restaurant on the first floor. Woodward's Gardens was owned and operated by Robert B. Woodward (1824-1879), who became wealthy during the [[Gold Rush of 1849]] and through his ownership the What Cheer House, a hotel and inn located near present-day Sacramento Street and Leidesdorff Alley in San Francisco. Woodward opened Woodward's Gardens on the site of his four-acre estate after moving to Sonoma County with his wife and four children.<ref>[http://www.sanfranciscomemories.com/woodwardsgardens/history.html Woodward's Gardens entry at San Francisco Memories]</ref> Woodward had bought the property from U. S. Senator [[John C. Fremont]].<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Woodward-s-Gardens-comes-to-life-in-book-3990569.php Peter Hartlaub, "Woodward's Gardens Comes to Life in New Book", ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (October 30, 2012)]</ref>