A new building was constructed in 1862 to replace the first frame building . In June 1863 , the university awarded its first Bachelor of Arts degree . In 1880 , the college moved from Market Street to a new site on the corner of Hayes Street and Van Ness Avenue ( currently occupied by the Davies Symphony Hall ) . The third St. Ignatius College received moderate damage in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , but was completely destroyed in the ensuing fire . The campus moved west , to the corner of Hayes and Shrader Streets , close to Golden Gate Park , where it occupied a hastily constructed structure known as The Shirt Factory ( for its resemblance to similar manufacturing buildings of the era ) for the next 21 years . The college moved to its present site on Fulton Street in 1927 , on the site of a former Masonic Cemetery
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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