William Hammond Hall (1846 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America - 1934) was a civil engineer who was the first State Engineer of California, and designed Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. After serving with the U.S. army engineers in the Civil War, Hall was assigned in the latter part of the 1860s to surveying the Western regions of the United States and preparing topographical maps. Wikipedia
William Hammond Hall was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1846. After service with the U.S. army engineers in the Civil War, Hall made topographical maps of the Western regions during the late 1860's. In the mid-1860's San Francisco citizens and official www.calacademy.org/research/library/special/bios/Hall.htm
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