SAN FRANCISCO DAILY PHOTO: June 2019

June 27, 2019

2500 Steiner St, Pacific Heights Vintage Photos

2500 Steiner St under construction c. 1926

Steiner and Jackson Streets across from Alta Plaza Park
Conrad A. Meussdorffer, Architect
Mediterranean Gothic Revival style
Built for $500,000 as 13 3500 sq ft full floor Co-Op Apartments

2500 Steiner St, View from Alta Plaza Park c. 1926

Corner of Steiner & Jackson c. 1926

c. 1926

Corner of Steiner & Jackson c. 1926

c. 1926

Photo Source: WorthPoint

June 22, 2019

10 Carmel St or 1249 Clayton St Old Engine 40, Cole Valley

c. 1976

c. 1910

Engine Company No. 40
10 Carmel St or 1249 Clayton Street
Built 1909
This Mission Revival firehouse, built in 1909, was converted from horse and wagon to motorized apparatus in 1917.

Engine Company No. 40 served this neighborhood until 1956 when it moved to new quarters at 1145 Stanyan Street.

The firehouse continued to be for general storage and by the fireman assigned to Asbury Tank across the street. It was sold at public auction in the 1970's and is now a private residence.

Historic Carmel Firehouse Unit For Sale (Hoodline 2014)

Vintage San Francisco Firehouses (NoeHill)

Company History (Guardians of the City)

June 21, 2019

Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement

Castro Street near 20th Street looking north, ca. 1901

Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement

June 16, 2019

2323 Hyde St, Russian Hill

Stevenson-Osbourne House After 1940
A. J. Wittlock, Photographer

Stevenson-Osbourne House Before 1940
A. J. Wittlock, Photographer

Designed by Willis Polk (1867-1924), this stucco residence often called the "Stevenson House" was built for the widow of Robert Louis Stevenson. Originally the house was 2 instead of 4 stories at the Hyde Lombard corner and had the air of a Tudor-Baroque country manor rather than the Mediterranean Villa it is today.

Legend has it that as a tribute to the infamous author, Polk designed a richly colored stain glass window in the curvy main staircase depicting the Hispaniola, the ship prominently featured in Stevenson's "Treasure Island."