Lloyd Lake
Park · Golden Gate Park, California
A naturalistic reflecting pond 1.4 acres in size, with the Portals of the Past standing at its edge: the stone portico of the former mansion of A. N. Towne, President of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
History
The lake was made in 1892 and is named in honour of Ruben Lloyd, 1835 to 1909, park commissioner. The Towne mansion, designed by the architect Arthur Page Brown, stood at California and Taylor streets until it was destroyed by the fire resulting from the 1906 earthquake; the portico was donated to the park and erected in 1909.
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