San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center Art from 1932 to 1994. In 1980 the new Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall opened, on a site on Van Ness across the sidestreet from the Opera House, as part of the SFWMPAC complex. The SFWMPAC has historical significance. On June 26, 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed in the Veterans Building's Herbst Theatre by the group of 50 founding nations, following the two-month-long United Nations conference in the Opera House. In 1951, the Peace Treaty with Japan (commonly called "Treaty of San Francisco"), formally ending World War II hostilities with Japan, was signed in the Opera House. The
Spinsters of San Francisco Spinsters of San Francisco Spinsters of San Francisco is a historical, social and philanthropic women's organization aimed at cultivating volunteerism in young women and helping the San Francisco, California community through fundraising. Nonprofit by charter, the group consists of approximately 195 college educated, unmarried women who sponsor and raise funds for a designated local charity. The charity is selected by vote of the membership each year. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded in 1929 as a sister organization to the Bachelors of San Francisco. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded on November 6, 1929 by Miss Patricia Tobin (Mrs. Sheldon