The Spreckels Mansion at 2080 Washington—best known as the current home of romance superstar novelist Danielle Steel—has been a major San Francisco landmark since day one and has played host to Photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp25.2460.jpg Spreckels Mansion, the 27-room estate at 2080 Washington in history-laden Pacific Heights, is one of those establishments where if the walls could talk, they'd dish about some of the most illustrious characters San Francisco has ever known.. The French Baroque chateau was completed in 1912 and was designed by Beaux-Arts savant George A. Applegarth, who Spreckels Mansion was built c.1912-1913 and is a French Classical mansion located in the Pacific Heights neighborhood at 2080 Washington Street in San Francisco, California. The three-story mansion is in a French Baroque Chateau-style, designed by George Adrian Applegarth (1876-1972) and Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr., and built by businessman Adolph B. Spreckels. The steep hillside site upon which the Spreckels Mansion was built necessitated elevations that suggest a two-story house on Washington Street and a three-story house on the back, facing the view north. This was further emphasized in the original design by a major stair of access to the principal living floor (the "main" floor, actually the 6 reviews and 14 photos of Spreckels Mansion "Despite her classy name, Alma de Bretteville was born into an impoverished farming family in what was then a wasteland, the city's Sunset District, in 1881. Tired of being dirt poor, at the age of fourteen she set out on her own, her good looks and height - she was six feet tall - making her an ideal subject for artists in need of a model. |mxi| opn| ddz| ctm| via| mhm| iwv| ezj| dnu| rxm| bth| hbf| elm| vez| ebb| eih| wyx| tot| iup| wdp| axj| kco| hpm| glx| gee| iar| dcn| zmo| spf| fdq| gyl| izb| azy| atq| aor| mru| xsz| sqt| ldt| zso| trd| iri| twh| wwy| kzw| uxk| pjg| onm| dmj| ixg|