In the late 19th and early 20th century, Alban Nelson Towne's mansion stood at the corner of Taylor and California. (Site of today’s Masonic Auditorium)

Towne was General Superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Being in that position, he was a rich and powerful man. His home faced Charles Crocker’s mansion opposite on California Street. Tobin’s mansion was next door to his across Taylor Street to the east. From his windows, looking northeast across the intersection, Towne could look out and see Huntington’s mansion and Flood’s next door to that.

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