The land now occupied by Mori Point was purchased by Stefano Mori and his family in 1888 , who operated a farm and ranch at the point . The kitchen , built to feed employees , eventually became the Mori Point Inn , which remained in operation until 1965 . The exact date of establishment is in question , but newspaper reports from 1910 cite Steve Mori as manager of the Inn in 1910 . During Prohibition , the Inn was a well-known speakeasy . Rocks from the limestone quarry were used as track ballast for the Ocean Shore Railroad and to rebuild San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake . Highway 1 , which divides Mori Point from Sweeney Ridge , occupies a cut first intended to accommodate the Ocean Shore Railroad . A 1938 photograph by Dorothea Lange shows a fishing village and the quarry in the background
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Mori Point