San Francisco Slaughterhouses - Butchertown
- Date Range
- January 1, 1850 – January 1, 1867
- Title
- San Francisco Slaughterhouses - Butchertown
- What occurred
- Toward's the end of the 19th century, the slaughterhouses that were stationed throughout San Francisco began to receive backlash over how close they were to large residential areas and the environmental harms they were causing. People did not want to live anywhere near slaughterhouses because of the terrible stench that was caused by the constant slaughtering of animals. People believed that the slaughterhouses that were close to residential areas were a contributing factor in the variety of diseases that were plaguing large, overpopulated cities in the 19th century. For these reasons, government intervention soon followed to answer the calls for change. In the late 1860s, "San Francisco passed a series of laws that first banned slaughter from certain parts of the city, and ultimately established a particular, finite space for killing and keeping of animals that would become known as Butchertown" (Robichaud,4)
- Location
- 250 Newhall Street, San Francisco, CA 94124
- Image Citation
- Butchertown's Beginnings - foundsf.org
- Student name(s)
- Tim Mazzei