Church Divinity School of the Pacific was founded in 1893 in San Mateo , California , by the second Episcopal Bishop of California , William Ford Nichols , after the gift of of land , funds for construction of the first building , and an endowment from George and Augusta Gibbs . Several of the seminary buildings were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , and the seminary relocated to San Francisco in 1911 to a new building on the grounds of Grace Cathedral
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Church Divinity School of the Pacific