March 26, 2016

Flood Mansion 1000 California St, Nob Hill

Flood Mansion - Pacific Union Club today

Flood Mansion after the 1906 earthquake

Flood Mansion after the 1906 earthquake

Flood Mansion after the 1906 earthquake

The only Nob Hill mansion to survive the earthquake and fire of 1906, saved just barely by its Connecticut brownstone walls. It was the residence of James Clair Flood (1825-1889) one of the bonanza kings of the Nevada Comstock Lode. The Pacific Union Club purchased the shell, and William Bourn, who was on the building committee, secured the reconstruction commission for architect Willis Polk.
The landmarked Flood Mansion remains the home of the uber exclusive Pacific Union Club and is decidedly not open to the public. Not ever. Not under any circumstances. It is barely open to the wives of the members.

Originally built: 1885-1886

Rebuilt: 1911

Notes from San Francisco Architectural Survey: 1ST BROWNSTONE WEST OF MISSISSIPPI. QUOINS, ARCHED WINDOWS, FLAT PEDIMENT WITH KEYSTONE, PALLADIAN-LIKE STAINED GLASS. FLOOD, AS ONE OF 4 PROPORIETORS OF THE "BIG BONANZA" VIRGINA MINES COULD AFFORD TO SPEND $1,500,000.00 ON HIS HOUSE. GUTTED BY '06 FIRE; PURCHASED BY PACIFIC UNION CLUB 1909 AND RESTORED AND REMODELED BY WILLIS POLK WHO ADDED 2 WINGS AND A THIRD FLOOR. FURTHER WORK BY GEORGE KELHAM, 1934.

Property Taxes and Assessed Value for 2015-2016 Tax Year
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$150,743.02 (assessed value $12,836,841)

About the Pacific Union Club HERE

About the Flood Mansion HERE