Historic workers’ Pelton Cottage, an 850 square foot Eastlake style fixer built around 1887 currently undergoing renovations. Last sold for $1.152 million in 2013 ($353K over asking).
Permits indicate the following: INTERIOR REMODEL OF (E) RESIDENCE. (E) BUILDING IS 2 STORY. PROPOSED STRUCTURAL WILL BE 2 STORY, 3 BEDROOMS & 2 1/2 BATHS. NO CHANGE TO THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE. NO EXTERIOR WORK.
REBUILD FIRE DAMAGE REAR PORTION OF BLDG PER STRUCTURAL PLAN, REPLACE (E) WINDOWS IN KIND, REPLACE DAMAGE ROOF REFTERS, NEW ELECT & PLUMBING, REPLACE ALL FINISH WITH NEW SHEETROCK, NEW KITCHEN & TWO BATHROMMS, NEW HARDWOOD FLOOR COMPLETE REBUILT
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| c. 2013 |
Initially developed in the early 1870s, Dogpatch contains the oldest and most intact concentration of industrial workers' housing in San Francisco.
No other district of San Francisco or California was industrialized to the degree of Potrero Point during the last quarter of the 19th Century. The shipyards and other maritime-related industries of Potrero Point required a steady supply of inexpensive immigrant labor in an area that was geographically cut off from the rest of the City. Local developers and landholders, including Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, responded to this need by constructing rows of inexpensive cottages and selling individual parcels to laborers and their families, allowing the neighborhood to develop as an informal company town.
Residences within the district reflect vernacular forms of architectural styles that were prevalent throughout the country, including Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, Eastlake and Classical Revival styles, or combinations thereof. The district has several clusters, and pairs of identical dwellings, including a group of thirteen identical Eastlake-style cottages based on the plans of San Francisco architect John Cotter Pelton, Jr.
Historical Architecture of Dogpatch (Pier70sf.org)
Pelton's Cheap Dwellings (FoundSF)
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