By then , Hopkins was having health problems and in 1878 died aboard a company train near Yuma , Arizona . At the time of his death , the house was not complete and was eventually finished and occupied by Mary . The structure later burned to the ground in a fire caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . In 1926 , the Mark Hopkins Hotel ( currently InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco ) was built on the site
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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