October 29, 2016

2212 Sacramento St, Pacific Heights


Landmarked Richard E Queen House. A. Page Brown designed 10,194 square foot Classic Revival mansion built in 1895. Last sold for $1,262,500 in 1996. Current estimates value the property at around $14.1 million.

THE RICHARD QUEEN HOUSE IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE ONLY INTACT, SURVIVING RESIDENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY ARTHUR PAGE BROWN, "THE ARCHITECT WHO HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SAN FRANCISCO AT (THE TURN OF THE CENTURY) (LONGSTRETH, 81). THE RICHARD QUEEN HOUSE WAS BROWN'S LAST BUILT DESIGN. ITS ARCHITECTURE IS GRAND AND GRACIOUS...." (Here Today San Francisco's Architectural Heritage, 1973)

c. 1975