Woodward 's Gardens was a combination amusement park , museum , art gallery , zoo , and aquarium operating from 1866 to 1891 in the Mission District of San Francisco , California . The Gardens covered two city blocks , bounded by Mission , Valencia , 13th , and 15th Streets in San Francisco . The site currently has a brick building at 1700 Mission Street , built after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , which features a California Historical Site plaque , and the '' Crafty Fox Alehouse '' on the ground floor ( formerly a restaurant called '' Woodward 's Garden '' ) . The former Gardens site also features the current location of the San Francisco Armory , completed in 1914
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Woodward's Gardens