Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I hangaia i te tau 1866 e Anson Parsons Hotaling hei hotera i te tīmatanga. Heoi, i muri mai ka neke atu a Hotaling ki te pakihi whiskey. Koia hoki tētahi o ngā whare torutoru i ora i muri i te 1906 Earthquake and Fire
, he mihi ki te ngongo ahi kotahi maero te roa e toro atu ana ki roto i te Wharf o Fisherman me Telegraph Hill. Na te whakaoranga o te whare, i kii rongonui a Charles K. Field i tetahi wa, "Mena, i ta ratou e kii ana, i whiua e te Atua te taone mo te kaha o te riri, he aha i tahuna ai e ia ana whare karakia me te whakaora i te whiskey a Hotaling?"