2,357 square foot Colonial inspired Queen Anne Victorian duplex with views, built in 1904. The 1,491 square foot bi-level pent unit last sold for $1.5 million in 2004. Currently valued at about $2 million.
My question is how did this house survive the 1906 quake (i.e. is the build date correct?). I found the photo below which shows several houses that survived on Broadway and Vallejo Streets between Jones and Taylor. Among the survivors is the Atkinson-Escher House.
The photo obviously doesn't prove anything other than the fact that some Russian Hill homes did, in fact, survive the devastation.
The contrast of death and survival, separated a few feet apart....One side of a steep Russian Hill street lies in ruins in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The other side, like the outlier in a Midwestern tornado, remains remarkably intact.
The research continues....
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| Vallejo St Crest, with Broadway in the middle sloping down between Jones and Taylor. |
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| Hand drawn fire map with shaded areas showing devastation (source) |
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