Bequest Coit left one-third of her estate to the City of San Francisco "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city which I have always loved". The city used this bequest to build Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill. The remainder of her bequest also sponsored another neighborhood landmark, a statue of three firefighters at the northwest corner of Washington Square Park. See also References 1842 births 1929 deaths American firefighters American socialites Female-to-male cross-dressers History of firefighting History of women in the United States People from Highlands, New York People from San Francisco Philanthropists from New York (state) Daughters of the American Revolution people Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park