1298 Sacramento St, Nob Hill Chambord Apartments

The Chambord Today

A taste of Paris at the crest of Nob Hill. The Chambord, a Beaux Arts style apartment building, was designed in 1921 by self-taught architect James Francis Dunn who died before its completion. The elegantly appointed apartments include oval dining rooms and hidden storage. A basement kitchen once provided meals for tenants. The Chambord was used as a location for the classic 1950 film-noir, D.O.A. By 1960 the Chambord had lost all of its exterior detailing in a modernization attempt. In the 1970s the Chambord was slated to be demolished but a huge public effort saved the building by registering it as a San Francisco Historical Landmark as well as listing it in the National Register of Historic Places.

In the early '80s the Chambord was restored. San Francisco Architect Cathy Simon used Dunn's original scheme, and emulated detailing from other Dunn buildings, to produce a Chambord that was as spectacular as the original. The apartments are small but exquisite with oval living rooms, balconies, and fine woodwork. The building has 11 apartments in 11,330 square feet. Last sold for $2,740,000 in 1993.

A stripped Chambord 1975-76

San Francisco Architectural Survey 1975-76

Landmark Designation Original documents (Planning Department) PDF

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Octagon House 1067 Green St, Russian Hill

1067 Green St (undated)

c. 1970

Landmarked Feusier Octagon House c. 1856, one of only two surviving octagon houses in San Francisco.

Originally 2 stories, copied from an Orson Squire Fowler illustration. Modified late in the 19th Century with the addition of third story topped by a gorgeous Mansard.

Purchased in 1875 by the Feusier family whose members continually occupied the property for the next 80 years until it was sold in 1954.

5,267 sq.ft 4/3.5 on a double 1/5 acre lot and see-through Willy Wonka-style elevator. Sold for $2.8 in 1998. Listed for $5.2 in 2012, reduced to $4.5 - it did not sell.

In 2015, the house was advertised on Craigslist for 10K per month.

Note the glass elevator

San Francisco Landmark #36 Feusier Octagon House Noe Hill

One of Only Two Octagon Houses in SF (public Art & Architecture)

'Zen' author's son stabbed to death (SFGate)

Magic Brush Exterior Restoration Photos (Flickr)

The (Other) Landmark Octagon House Hits the Market (Curbed 2012)

San Francisco City Landmark Designation #36 (Planning Department)

Marguerite Redman Dorgeloh 1936-1940

Photos below taken in 1987, prior to and during restoration by Magic Brush, Inc. (Robert Dufort) and San Francisco Restorations (Jim Mannix). Flickr

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1960 San Antonio Ave , Berkeley

Spring Mansion c. 1914

Floor 1- Click to enlarge

Floor 2 - Click to enlarge

Neighbors Riled About Plans to Develop Spring Mansion (Berkeley Daily Planet 2007)

Berkeley’s biggest, most expensive historic mansion asks $7.5 million (Curbed 2016)

A Berkeley Mansion, Empty for a Decade, Hits the Market at $7.5 Million (Bloomberg 2016)

A Grand Dame Gets a Makeover in the Berkeley Hills (Realtor.com 2016)

Half Million Price Cut On Palatial Berkeley Home (Berkeley Patch 2018)

Spring Mansion (Herman Chan 2019)

John Hopkins Spring Estate (Berkeley Landmarks)

Massive Berkeley Mansion Now Listed at a Loss</b> (Socketsite 2019)

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MAYBECK at 3500 Jackson St, Presidio Heights

10,313 square foot Landmarked Roos House designed by famed architect Bernard Maybeck in his interpretation of the Tudor Gothic Style c. 1909.

Iconic Golden Gate Bridge views

SF Architectural Survey c. 1975 (click to enlarge)

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Rear view c. 1976

Front view c. 1976

Quatrefoil detail c. 1976 

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3022 Washington St, Pacific Heights

Note the coiled fire hose beneath the pediment c. 2017

3,625 square foot 3 bedroom 4.5 bath Victorian firehouse. Last sold for $3,362,500 in 2010. Currently valued at about $5 million.

Landmarked and blindingly white former firehouse now residence built in 1893. A very late Italianate with Victorian Gothic overtones, most apparent in the tower formerly used for drying the fire hoses.

Designed by the architectural firm of HENRIKSEN & MAHONEY Engine Company No. 23 was active until 1963 and then converted into a residence by interior designer John Dickinson. Served as home to California governor and Oakland mayor Jerry Brown in the early 90s when he was known endearingly as Governor Moonbeam.

On June 22, 1893, the plans for the three firehouses were approved and transmitted to the Board of Supervisors. The architect Bernhardt E. Henriksen, a native San Franciscan, was described in the April 1884 issue of the California Architect and Building News as "the pioneer native born architect".

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