Notables

Lillie Hitchcock Coit
(1843-1929)

     "Firebelle Lillie" was mascot of the San Francisco Fire Department from the age of ten, when she was rescued by members of the Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 5 during a fire on Telegraph Hill. She bequeathed $100 thousand to build the Washington Square monument honoring volunteer firemen, and Coit Tower.


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